In a rare case of wikipedia not being up to snuff, I bring you this:
http://www.goscote.co.uk/goscote/trees/html/trees.htm
At least 10 different forms of weeping tree. Including, in Australia,
the "weeping lilly pilly". there's also the Weeping Golden Ash.
I am in any event horticulturally challenged; I have been known to
kill more cure.
Roger
On 10/12/06, Robin Hamilton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: "Joanna Boulter" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > Well, it may be a specific horticultural term, but it really isn't
> > abstruse, it's in wide general usage.
>
> Indeed. Most commonly in the phrase "weeping willow". So even I, who can
> barely distinguish an oak from my elbow, would naturally extend the
> adjective to other arboreal species.
>
> Robin
>
> > I don't think we can go through Andrew's poem and rewrite it so
> > fundamentally. It would become a totally different piece, not by Andrew at
> > all.
> >
> > best joana
>
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