THE 
WEEPING WILLOW. 
Botanical Name, Salix JBabylonica. —Class, Dioecia.— 
Order, Diandria.—Native place, Syria. 
Sentiment. 
FORSAKEN. 
ORIGIN OF THE SENTIMENT. 
The name of this tree is expressive of sorrow ; 
little is, then, required to connect the senti¬ 
ment with its type ; indeed, the connection 
is so intimate, and so obvious, as to have be¬ 
come a proverb, and the “ forsaken wight” is 
said to “ wear the willow.” Drayton has, 
also, two lines, expressive of this custom :— 
“ In love, the sad forsaken wight 
The willow garland weareth.” 
