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Mr. Wegman is a member of the editorial board. Off Route 6 on Cape Cod, a few miles in from the bay near Yarmouth, Mass., there hides a giant ancient English weeping beech. The tree is so big that it ...

Spilling over rocks, they gentle the hard surface. Pendulous above water, they enhance a still surface or rushing stream, and their shimmering reflection is a watercolor to remember. In this column ...