Show weeping tress one of the wonders of plant ufa life ie 16 the weeping tree of the canary islands it Is of the laurel family and rains down a co copious shower of witter drops from its tufted foliage this water is often collected at the foot of the tree and forms a kind of poud pond from which the inhabitants of the neighborhood can supply themselves with a beverage that Is absolutely fresh and pure the water comes out of the tree itself through innumerable little pores situated st it the margin of the leaves it lesuea from the plant as vapor during the daytime when the heat beat Is sut cut great to preserve it in that condition but in tho the evening when the temperature has lowered very much a considerable quantity ot of it is exuded in the form of liquid drops that collect near the edges ot of tho the leaves until these members so bend down that tho the tears tumble off or on the ground below in a veritable shower |