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THE COTTAGE GARDENER, 
June 
make a good head of weeping branches, and he 
equally balanced on each side. 
As it is now a good season for budding, if any of 
our readers have such handsome upright-growing 
willows, ashes, elms, beeches, and laburnums, as will 
make good stocks for drooping varieties, let them be 
budded forthwith, in tin; same manner as is described 
in a former page for roses. Should these buds suc¬ 
ceed, you will have gained a season, or, at least, have 
secured a growth early in the following spring. 
Should part of the buds fail, the stocks will be in 
good condition to graft in the March or April follow¬ 
ing. These stocks should not be worked—that is, 
grafted or budded—till they have attained the height 
of eight feet, or thereabout. There is no objection 
to ten or twelve feet in height, but rather an advan¬ 
tage, especially in such strong and rapid growers as 
the weeping ash and elm. By having straight stems 
of such altitude the trees will form a natural shady 
harbour, under which, when the weather is hot, 
chairs or rustic seats might be placed. 
For such weeping shrubs as the several kinds of 
cytisus, and roses that have pendant habits, stocks 
of lesser heights would be more desirable, and for 
this reason, that as they are grown chiefly for their 
flowers, those ought not to be too much elevated. 
From five to six feet will be quite high enough. 
Uses of Weeping Trees and Shrubs. —We have 
already alluded to one use to which trees and shrubs 
of this description may be applied—that of forming 
a leafy bower, as shelter from the burning heat of 
the sun in summer. They are also sufficiently orna¬ 
mental to be very desirable. What is more elegant 
and graceful than a drooping tree, a willow or a 
birch especially? What more beautiful than the 
pendant rose, its branches clothed with flowers of 
every hue? Then the pretty cytisus, either with purple 
or white flowers, is very ornamental in front of the 
shrubbery, in the middle of a bed of flowers, or 
planted on the lawn. As ornaments, then, in garden 
scenery, they are of use and very desirable. Some 
of them, and more especially the weeping willow, 
are very beautiful if planted near the edge of a piece 
of water. There they are quite in character, and 
the more so from the pleasing shadow they cast upon 
the water. Another use is a more important one, 
and that is to plant them near to the graves of those 
who are “ gone before.” Here the term “weeping” 
is more appropriate. No other kind of tree, except, 
perhaps, the cypress, is so well adapted as a memo¬ 
rial of departed friends. The faithful servants of 
Napoleon shewed their attachment to their master 
hy surrounding his tomb at St. Helena with the 
weeping willow ; and when they left the island they 
brought slips of those trees, and planted them in 
their gardens in “la belle France,” as remembrancers 
of him who, whatever his faults as a commander of 
armies or ruler of nations, had been to them, his 
domestic servants, the best of masters. 
The most extraordinary weeping tree we ever no¬ 
ticed is in the grounds of the Earl of Harrington, at 
Elvaston Castle, near Derby. A common ash ( Frax - 
inus excelsior) of some fifty or sixty feet high, with a 
clean straight stem, had, three years ago, all its side 
branches pruned off' to nearly the top of the tree. 
Upon the highest shoots some grafts of the weeping 
variety were inserted. They succeeded, and when we 
had the privilege of seeing that unique place they 
had made considerable progress downwards, with 
every prospect of doing well. In the#course of a 
few years this tree will be one of the many wonders 
of that wonderful plan. We believe there are some 
similar examples to be seen at Chatsworth, the 
princely mansion of the Duke of Devonshire. These 
examples shew what may be accomplished by art; 
but, some of our readers may exclaim, what is the 
use of such things in amateur and cottage garden¬ 
ing? why cite such grand places as examples? We 
can only reply to such questions hy quoting au old 
proverb: “ what man has done man can do.” A 
young ash or elm, or common willow, may be grow¬ 
ing in the shrubbery of an amateur, or the hedge¬ 
row of a cottager's garden; aud, though of them¬ 
selves not uninteresting objects, they may be ren¬ 
dered much more so by grafting weeping varieties 
upon them. Thus the wonders of the grafting art 
may be shown in many an obscure nook throughout 
the land. We shall conclude this essay on weeping 
trees by giving a list of them, and trust such a list 
will be useful to some of our readers who may be 
desirous to cultivate these interesting trees and 
shrubs. 
Cerasus Juliana pendula (Weeping Cherry). 
Cytisus purpureus (Purple Cytisus). 
,, ,, var. albus (White Cytisus). 
Betula pendula (Weeping Birch). 
Fagus sylvatica var. pendula (Weeping Beech). 
Ilex aquifolium var. pendula (Common Weeping Holly). 
I.arix pendula (Weeping Black Larch). 
Salix Babylonica (Babylonian Weeping Willow). 
Ulmus fulva pendula ( Weeping Elm). 
Weeping Roses. —These are such beautiful ob¬ 
jects, so easily attainable, and so capable of being 
grown in every garden, whether large or small, that 
we are inclined to dwell a little longer on them. 
Every lover of flowers that has seen a thriving, 
healtliy, weeping rose, with its long pendulous shoots 
covered with their lovely tinted blossoms, will agree 
that they are most beautiful objects; and we advise 
those who have not seen them, to visit some rose 
garden where they are cultivated, for we are quite 
sure they will be highly delighted. To obtain them 
for the gardens of the amateur or cottager there are 
two ways: first, by purchasing them at some nur¬ 
sery ; but. as the summer season is not the proper 
one to remove roses, pay a visit to some rose nursery, 
and mark such as you may admire, to be removed at 
the proper season to the garden of the purchaser. 
Secondly, if you do not choose to purchase, and have 
some tall briers fit for budding, procure some buds 
of the right kind, and insert them into those stocks. 
Now is the very best time for that operation. If you 
have no stocks, but possess some standard roses, put 
some buds of weeping roses into as many of them as 
you may think desirable. If the buds should take, 
or grow, reduce the other branches gradually, and in 
the spring allow none to grow but the desired kind. 
In this way you may have, in a short time, some 
beautiful specimens of weeping roses. But, say you, 
how shall we know what kinds will grow in that 
manner? We are happy to give you that informa¬ 
tion, for the following are their names: 
Ayrshire Queen, dark purplish crimson, large, and semi-double. 
Queen of the Belgians, creamy white, small, and double. 
Ruga, pale flesh, large, and double. 
Splcndcns, white, edged with red, semi-double, 
Banksiieflora, white, centre pale yellow, small, and double. 
Carnea-grandiflora, pale flesh, large, and double. 
Myrianthus Itenoncule, blush, edged with red, small, and double. 
Rampante, pure white, double. 
Spectabile, rosy lilac, large, and double. 
To cause the weeping roses to form regular, well- 
flowered heads, the following hints must be attended 
to. Either have a trellis for them, formed of wire 
in an umbrella shape, of such a diameter as the 
kind of fose may require, or stretch some strong 
small cord from the centre of the rose-tree down to 
