. Popular deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs, for planting in parks, gardens, cemeteries, etc., Evergreens; Trees; Shrubs. "WEEPHTG DEOIDUOTJS TEEES. 53 are familiar to all, is neglected, yet it deserves the attention of every planter of weeping trees. It may be that because we have so often watched the willow droop and dip its branches in the water of some stream or lake, seeming as it were to sympathize with and kiss the sparkling drops that it disturbed as the gentle winds swayed its tresses of light and elegant foliage, we have come to love it,, and regard no water landsca
. Popular deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs, for planting in parks, gardens, cemeteries, etc., Evergreens; Trees; Shrubs. "WEEPHTG DEOIDUOTJS TEEES. 53 are familiar to all, is neglected, yet it deserves the attention of every planter of weeping trees. It may be that because we have so often watched the willow droop and dip its branches in the water of some stream or lake, seeming as it were to sympathize with and kiss the sparkling drops that it disturbed as the gentle winds swayed its tresses of light and elegant foliage, we have come to love it,, and regard no water landscape as complete without the graceful flowing lines of the old Babylonian willow. From long usage it has come to be associated with either water or the sadness of life—^in the one case indicative of a marshy region or stream of water, in the other of the last resting-place. Fig. 25.—Ameeioak, oe Pouhtain Willow. of friends once on earth. Beautiful as it is in itself, however, these very associations preclude its introduction into almost any suburban or even extended country place. By the side of a spring at the foot of a hill, or bordering a stream where crossed by a bridge, or in large grounds, shading almost entirely from view the under-gardener's house, are some of the places where its position produces a satisfactory effect; but if planted near where art and architecture have combined to give a tone of grandeur and magnificence, its form of outline and waving spray seem rather to weaken than add to the appearance of cultivation and refinement. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Elliott, Franklin Reuben, 1817-1878. New York, G. E. Woodward
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