stackyFACTSVictorians practically fetishized sadness, arbitrarily deciding that the droopy, highly melancholic look of the weeping willow was the only acceptable tree for a cemetery. They aggressively landscaped graveyards to feature the trees, treating sorrow as a trendy aesthetic that required rigorous botanical curation.
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