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HABITATS AND LOCALITIES. 

 1. Sweet Bay-leaved Willoav — [Salix pentandra.) 

 Male trees : — Borders of ponds, and on banks of rivers, frequent. 

 Three-lane-ends, Chorlton. Rusholme. Back Levenshulme. Between 

 Bramhall and Poynton. Broadbottom. Marple. Moston. Banks of 

 the Mersey, near Stretford aqueduct. By the pond on the right hand 

 after going under the East Lancashire railway arch, and ascending 

 to Clifton Station. Female trees : — Pilsworth, near Middleton. Fl. end 

 of May and beginning of June. 



E. B. XXV. 1805. 



The handsomest of the shrubhy English willows, the large and abundant yellow 

 catkins contrasting most agreeably with the copious and shining foliage, which 

 has the look of some fine evergi-een rather than that of a plant that annually 

 sheds its leaves. In warm weather both leaves and catkins exhale a delicious 

 aromatic perfume. This beautiful shrub grows readily from cuttings, and will 

 make itself at home in the dry soil of a town garden. 



2. Common Ckack: Willow — {Salix fragilis.) 



Male trees : — Banks of the Tame and Bollin. Female trees : — On 

 the banks of rivers, and in low moist grounds, and by roadsides, com- 

 mon everywhere. Fl. May. 



E. B. XXV. 1807, 



A large and bushy tree; generally distinguished, par excellence, as "the 

 Willow." It is remarkable for the crookedness of its branches, which while 

 young readily snap oft', and have originated the name fragilis. The Bedford 

 willow, or " Salix Russellia7ia," (E. B. xxv. 1808.) does not appear distinguishable. 

 Mr. Sidebotham has noticed it on the right bank of the river Tame, opposite 

 Arden HaU, and elsewhere. 



3. Common White Willow — {Salix alba.) 



Male trees: — River-banks, and in moist and swampy places, common. 

 Abundant near the Mersey, at Lymm ; on the banks of the Tame, 

 opposite Arden ; and on the banks of the Bollin, between Bowdon 

 and Rostherne. Female trees : — Rare. Fl. May. 

 E. B., xxxiv. 2430. 



The silvery gray of the foliage, caused by the close-pressed silky hairs, renders 

 this tree remarkable, and conspicuous from a long distance, and when, as often 

 happens, it fringes rivers, enables us to trace their course across the country, a 

 circumstance ingeniously made use of by painters of landscape. The peculiar 

 colour, and the plume-like character of the branches, give it also an air of 



