Show american willow trees originally from syria it has been told that the first weeping willow tree in this country was waa planted by john curtis of virginia daring the revolutionary war and still stands on the curtis estate the story Is that a traveler in syria once sent to alexander pope the english poet a box bos ot of figs in w which hi c h was a twig frow from one of the weep weeping ng willows beside the rivers of babylon na bylon upon which the exiles used to hang their harps this twig was as alongside of 0 the Th thames anies where it grew A british officer brought a blip from this tree and gave it to john curtis of 0 virginia nurserymen nurseryman Nursery men claim that this tree Is tile the itz ostor of all the weeping willows in th country this awake new interest in anat tree which Is given such prominence in the bible mille the willows of babylon |