CHAP, CIII. SALICA‘CEA. SA‘LIX. 1515 
lanted, it is 31 ft. high. In the Isle of Jersey, in Saunders’s Nursery, 10 pens planted, it is 30 ft. 
high. In Somersetshire, at Nettlecombe, 24 years planted, it is 34 ft. high. In Surrey, at Claremont, 
it is $0 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 9in., and of the head 45 ft. 
Salix babylénica North of London, In Berkshire, at Bear Wood, 10 years planted, it is 20 ft. high. 
In Buckinghamshire, at Temple House, 40 years planted, it is 30 ft. high. In Denbighshire, at 
Lianbede 1, 44 years planted, it is 54 ft.high. In Oxfordshire, in the Oxford Botanic Garden, 
12 years planted, it is 30ft. high, In Pembrokeshire, at Golden Grove, 50 years planted, it is 20 ft. 
high ; the diameter of the trunk 12 ft., and of the head 20 ft. In Radnorshire, at Maeslaugh Castle, 50, 
ne planted, it is 42 ft. high. In Suffolk, in the Bury Botanic Garden, 10 toed planted, it is 26 ft. 
igh ; at Finborough Hall, 70 years planted, it is 70 ft, high ; the diameter of the trunk 33 ft., and of 
the head 54 ft. In Warwickshire, at Combe Abbey, 10 years planted, it is 24ft. high. In. Worcester- 
shire, at Hagley, 10 years planted, it is 20 ft. high ; at Croome, 70 years planted, it is 50 ft. high, the 
page oud the trunk 2ft., and of the head 30ft. In Yorkshire, at Grimston, 30 years planted, it is 
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Salix be lénica in Scotland, At Hopetoun House, near Edinburgh, 16 years planted, it is 20 ft. 
high ; the diameter of the trunk 8in., and of the head 24ft. In Fifeshire, at Danibristle Park, 10 
years planted, it is 8ft. high. In Perthshire, at Taymouth, 36 yeary plates, it is 70 ft. high ; the 
diam ee 0 he trunk 32 ft., and of the head 60 ft. In Stirlingshire, at Callender Park, 5 years planted, 
it is 16 ft. high. : 
Salix babylénica in Ireland. Near Dublin, at Terenure, 50 years planted, it is 35 ft. high. In Galway, 
at Coole, it is 50 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk 22 ft., and of the head 60 ft. 
Salix babylénica in Foreign Countries. In France, near Paris, at Scéaux, 40 years planted, 
it is 50 ft. high; the diameter of the trunk 3ft., and of the head 60ft. In Austria, at Vienna, 
in the University Botanic Garden, 50 years planted, it is 20 ft. high; the diameter of the trunk 
_10in., and of the head 12 ft.: in Baron Loudon’s garden, at Hadersdorf, near the tomb of the 
celebrated Marshal Loudon, 12 years planted, it is 14 ft. high: at Briick on the Leytha, 50 years 
planted, it is 49 ft. high; the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 48ft. In Prussia, near 
erlin, at Sans Souci, 40 years old, it is 24 ft. high; the diameter of the trunk 9 in., of the head7 ft. 
In the south of Russia, the tree is met with in the gardens of some noblemen, and in the govern. 
ment garden at Nikitka. In Italy it is frequent. In the burial-grounds of Turkey it is common ; 
and it may be found in various parts of India, and even in China. It is commoner in almost every 
other country than in its native habitat, the banks of the Euphrates. 
¥ 20. S. peci’P1ENS Hoffm. The deceptive, White Welch, or varnished, 
Willow. 
Identification. Hoff. Sal., 2. p. 2. t. 31. ; Sm. Eng. Bot., t. 1937.; Rees’s Cyclo., No. 37.; Engl FL, 4. 
p. 184 ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 29.; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3.; Mackay Fl. Hibern., pt. 1. p. 246. 
nonymes. 8. amerina Walker Essays on Nat. Hist.; S. fragilis, part of, Koch Comm., p. 15. 
Sexes. Both sexes are described in Eng. Fl.;: the male is figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wod. 
“Tam only acquainted with the sterile plant.” (Hook. Br. Fi.) 
Tingreersg®- Ho: Sal, 2. t. 31. ; Eng. Bot., t. 1937. ; Sal. Wob., No. 29. ; our/ig. 1309. ; and fig. 29. 
p. bi 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves lanceolate, pointed, serrated, very smooth; floral 
ones partly obovate and recurved. Footstalks somewhat glandular. Ovary 
tapering, stalked, smooth. Style longer than the cloven stigmas. Branches 
smooth, highly polished. (Sa/. Wob., p. 57.) A native , 
of Britain, growing plentifully in woods and hedges; 
and flowering in May. According to Pursh, it grows 
in North America, on road sides and about plantations; {-\, 
but was introduced from Europe. (FV. Amer. Sept.) {Sif 
It forms an upright, but not lofty, tree, distinguished by \>% 
the smooth clay-coloured bark of the last year’s 
branches, which shine like porcelain, as if varnished ; 
the shoots of the present year being stained of a fine 
red or crimson. This species is frequently cultivated - 
for basketwork ; and, when planted in moist ground, = 1309 
it produces annual shoots 6 ft. or 8 ft. in length, when cut down; but, in 
a few years, these gradually become shorter, and the plant ceases to be 
worth cultivating. The crimson colour of its twigs, in this state, readily 
distinguishes it from every other species; though it is often confounded with 
S. fragilis. A tree in the Horticultural Society’s Garden was, in 1834, after 
being ten years planted, 14 ft. high. 
Statistics. In Oxfordshire, on the banks of the Cherwell, in Christ Church Meadow, a tree. 
estimated to be of 40 years’ growth, is 40 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk $ft., andof the head 
60ft. There are plants in the Hackney and Goldworth arboretums, and at Henfield. 
¥ 21. S.monta‘na Forbes. The Mountain Willow. . 
Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 19. 
The Sexes. The female is figured in Sal. Wob. 
Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 19.; and our fig. 19. in p. 1606. 
Spec. Char., Sc. leaves lanceolate, with long, narrow, tapering points; glau- 
cous, and slightly hairy beneath; margins closely serrated. Branches yellow. 
Catkins accompanying the leaves, Ovary nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate, 
an 
