Whomping Willow = Hornbeam Tree

[Maria Vaerewyck]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
>
> Not that it really matters to anyone, but I was in the book store 
the
> other day and saw a coffee table picture book titled 'Trees', and 
just
> as the title implied it was a book filled with pictures of /trees/.
> (who knew?)
> 
> As I flipped through it I saw the absolute spitting image of the
> Whomping Willow as seem in the movies, except it wasn't a willow it
> was a Hornbeam. Not just any Hornbeam though as, for the most part,
> they just look like ordinary trees. This hornbeam had short 
extremely
> thick trunk and short thick main branches, but then instead of
> sub-branches, it had clusters of thin willow like branches 
sprouting
> from the main heavy branches. In other words exactly as you see the
> Whomping Willow in the movies.
> 
> If you are in the book store in your region, look for this book. 
It's
> knew so, as I've seen in nearly all books stores, it will be found
> right up front promenently displayed.
> 
> Return to your knitting now.
> 
> Steve/bboyminn
>

maria8162001:

Hi Steve, can you give the full title of the book and the author, 
please. I need the author because I'll be looking for it online
(amazon), planning to buy one :-). Thanks

maria8162001