40 TREES OF NEW ENGLAND. 



cloud of cotton white which resolves itself Later into two con- 

 spicuously contrasting surf aces of dark green and silvery white. 



Bark. Light gray, smooth upon young trees, in old trees 

 furrowed upon the trunk. 



Winter Buds and Leaves. Buds not viscid, cottony. Leaves 

 1-4 inches long, densely white-toinentose while expanding, 

 when mature dark green above and wdiite-tomentose to glabrous 

 beneath ; outline ovate or deltoid, 3-5-lobed and toothed or 

 simply toothed, teeth irregular ; base heart-shaped or truncate ; 

 apex acute to obtuse ; leafstalk long, slender, compressed ; 

 stipules soon falling. 



Inflorescence and Fruit. April to May. Sterile catkins 2-4 

 inches long, cylindrical, fertile at first shorter, - - stamens 

 6-16; anthers purple: capsules inch long, narrow-ovoid; 

 seeds hairy. 



Horticultural Value. Hardy. Thrives even in very poor 

 soils and in exposed situations ; grows rapidly in good soils ; 

 of distinctive value in landscape gardening but not adapted 

 for planting along streets and upon lawns of limited area on 

 account of its habit of throwing out numerous suckers and 

 its liability to damage from heavy winds. The sides of coun- 

 try roads where the abele has been planted are sometimes 

 obstructed for a considerable distance by the thrifty shoots 

 from underground. 



Salix discolor, Muhl. 



Pussy Willow. Glaucous Willow. 



Habitat and Range. - Low, wet grounds ; banks of streams, 

 swamps, moist hillsides. 



Nova Scotia to Manitoba. 



Maine, abundant ; common throughout the other New 

 England states. 



South to North Carolina; west to Illinois and Missouri. 



Habit. Mostly a tall shrub with several steins, but occa- 

 sionally assuming a tree-like habit, with a height of 15-20 feet 



