THE WEEPING WILLOW.
It is interesting to know how the weeping willow tree first came to England, as it is really a native of Levant, on the coast of Persia, and other places in the .hnsr.
It seems that Pope, the celebrated poet leceived a basket of Turkey figs, and seeing a twig of the basket putting out a shoot, he planted it in his garden, and it soon became a very fine tree. I'rom this stock all our weeping willow trees licvo descended. They are usually planted by still waters, and make very beautiful ornaments. In misty weather (lions of water can be seen at the ends of branches, and that is why they are called weeping willows."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20768, 10 January 1931, Page 6 (Supplement)
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119THE WEEPING WILLOW. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20768, 10 January 1931, Page 6 (Supplement)
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