Weeping willow

There's plenty of them upstate.

I would, I would say Salix babylonica, the iconic weeping willow, but they are actually not native, um, to North America, to my knowledge.

But willows are a pretty thriving s- uh, species f- or family.

And, um, there are plenty of them upstate New York.

The leaf is somewhat like that of the olive, only that the olive is broader.

The willow is native of Babylon, and the weeping willow is called Salix Babylonica.

It was considered one of the handsomest trees of the East, and is particularly mentioned among those which God commanded the Israelites to select for branches to bear in their hands at the Feast of the Tabernacles.

Read the verse, Malcolm.

And this brook, according to travelers in Palestine, flows into the southeastern extremity of the Dead Sea.

The willow has also been considered by the poets as an emblem of woe and desertion, and this idea probably came from the weeping of the captive Jews under the willows of Babylon.

The branches of the Salix Babylonica often droop so low as to touch the ground, and because of this weeping habit, and of its association with watercourses in the Bible, it has been considered a very suitable tree to plant beside ponds and fountains in ornamental grounds, as well as in cemeteries as an emblem of mourning.

How much there is to remember about the willow, said Clara thoughtfully.

Okay.

I would have thought that Salix Babylonica.

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking of.

Okay, that's number two.

Azaleas.

And we had a, a weeping willow.

Oh.

Yeah.

Weeping willow.

A weeping willow.

[speaking Spanish]

Ah, weeping willow.

The leaf is somewhat like that of the olive, only that the olive is broader.

The willow is native of Babylon, and the weeping willow is called Salix Babylonica.

It was considered one of the handsomest trees of the East, and is particularly mentioned among those which God commanded the Israelites to select for branches to bear in their hands at the Feast of the Tabernacles.

Read the verse, Malcolm.

A place called the Brook of Willows, added his governess, is mentioned in Isaiah chapter fifteen, verse seven, and this brook, according to travelers in Palestine, flows into the southeastern extremity of the Dead Sea.

The willow has also been considered by the poets as an emblem of woe and desertion, and this idea probably came from the weeping of the captive Jews under the willows of Babylon.

The branches of the Salix Babylonica often droop so low as to touch the ground, and because of this sweeping habit, and of its association with watercourses in the Bible, it has been considered a very suitable tree to plant beside ponds and fountains in ornamental grounds, as well as in cemeteries as an emblem of mourning.

How much there is to remember about the willow, said Clara thoughtfully.