Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1893 — Weeping Trees. [ARTICLE]

Weeping Trees.

In the forests of Oregon, Washington, Montana and British Columbia there is a species of tree that has continuous and copious dripping of pure clear water from the- ends of its leaves and branches. This extraordinary sight may lie witnessed at all seasons when the leaves are on, and seems equally as plentiful on clear, bright days as on damp, cloudy nights. The tree is a species of fir 'and the “weepiug” phenomenon is attributed to a remarkable power of condensation peculiar to the leaves and bark of this species of evergreen. In the island of Ferro there are many species of “weeping trees,” but in this latter case the “tears,” appear, according to published accounts, to be most abundant when the relative humidity is near the dew point.—[St. Louis Republic.