Evening star., 1911-08-20
WEEPING TREES.
They Are Becoming Common in
American Gardens.

From Suburban Life.
There have been altogether too many
weeping trees planted In this country
Most of them unfortunately have been Of
the freak type.
The weeping trees can be divided into
two general classes, those which are up
right in growth. and have naturally
pendulous branches and those which
really are prostrate plants. but which are
grated on standard stocks several feet
above the ground, the long wiliowy
branches hanging downward to the
ground. The former class are as rule
plants worth having when planted In tneir
proper place, but the latter are usually
deformed freaks which Will spoli any
garden picture.
OF those with naturally pendulous
branches the weeping birch Is the best.
Ii grows from sixty to seventy feet hlgh
and makes a perfectly upright growth
but the long pendulous branches give tne
tree a decided weeping character. which,
however, is not developed until the tres
has attained several years of growth
Next in Importance is the weeping OF
as it is sometimes called the Napoleon'
willow This is the fastest growing weep
ing tree 1t attains a height OF ABOUT
forty feet, and is familiar because OF It's
frequent planting in cemeteries.
1t is not necessary to have a damp
place for this tree to grow In, aithougn
one commonly thinks OF the willows as
being plants which innanit damp srouno.
II will grow in almost any soil that Is not
a desert. The weeping willow has proved
a successful tree in seaside planting Where
good soil is to be had.
The weeping beech when Well grown
as a specimen tree makes beautiful and
somewhat curious tree for the lawn. 1t
will attain a height of fifty or sixty
feet. The branches grow upright and
then droop.
\ tree which always delights the chill
dren because of its canopy like head.
which makes a splendid place for them
to play under, is the Camperdown elm.
This is one of the trees grated on
standard stock, about eight feet high. but
the branches, instead of dropping down
Immediately, extend outward. Sometimes
the Camperdown elm reaches a diameter
Of thirty feet. 1t is rank grower, the
limbs making a somewhat zigzag growth
of several feet In single season. The
branches are SO close that the large dark
green glossy leaves make a. complete can
opy through which the sun does no.
penetrate.
1t should be planted as an isolated speci-
men, and as a rule IL is better to plant
yet convenient for the children to use as
a playhouse. 1t will succeed in almos,
any locality. but. like the other 'elms, it
prefers plenty Of moisture.
The best tall canopy tree is the weep
ing ash. which will grow ultimately fifty
feet high. 1t is rapid grower and must
be given plenty of space. All that has
been said about the Camperdown elm as
an arbor tree will apply to this tree, but
of course on a much larger scale.
The Japanese pagdoa tree is very pic
turesque. 1t does not grow to a very
great height, at least l have never seen
specimens which were very high, but this
may be because 1t is not commonly cult
waited in this country and what few speci-
mems there are have not had a chance
to attain a great height In the summer
time when the tree is covered with foliage
the crown presents a series of short
curves, overlapping one another, the gen.
eral outline being conical. The most pop
ular Towering weeping tree is the Japa-
nese weeping rose howered cherry, a
small tree with dropping crooked
branches.