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entire, though slightly wavy at the edges, and somewhat revolute; the 
upper side green, glabrous, even; under side pure white, with close cot- 
tony, or rather silky, down. Stipules linear-lanceolate.. Catkins numerous, 
lateral, sessile, full 1 in. long.” (Smith.) This species is readily distinguished 
from others of the section to which it belongs by the white satiny under 
surface of its leaves. It is held in high estimation for the various kinds 
of basketwork, bands, &c.; and it is generally employed for such purposes. 
Varieties. One has the bark of the branchlets of a testaceous colour 
(brownish yellow) ; another dark brown; and the leaves of this variety are 
of a darker green : but there are many intermediate varieties. (Koch Comm.) 
** There is a variety called the velvet osier, in which no external difference 
is discernible ; but the twigs are said to be more pliant.” It is much 
esteemed as an osier for wickerwork. (Smith Eng. F., iv. p. 229.) Perhaps 
it is right to understand Smith as intending this as a distinct kind from 
“the true velvet osier,’ which he has noticed under S. Smithidna, and 
which is mentioned in this work under S. holosericea. In the neighbourhood 
of Edinburgh, a brown-barked variety, probably the same as that mentioned 
by Koch, is grown for hoops, under the name of the Dutch willow. It 
makes shoots 10 ft. or 12 ft. long in one season. Plants are common in 
the nurseries. Species named S. Villarésii, S. purpurea mas, and S. rubra, 
sent to us from the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, are all the same as S. 
viminalis. 
Culture, §c. There is nothing peculiar in the culture of this species, or its 
varieties ; but, as it isa vigorous grower, those who cultivate it in quantities 
for basket-making or hoops generally plant it in the best soil, intersected by 
watercourses, so that the roots may always have that element within their 
reach. Accounts of the formation, management, and profit attending osier 
plantations will be found in the Bath Agricultural Society's Papers, vol. xvi. 
p- 129.; Transactions of the Society of Arts, vols. 19, 20. 22, 23, and 24.: but, 
after our general directions for the culture and management of basket and 
hoop willows (p. 1467.), it is unnecessary here to enter into farther details. 
2 ¥ 76, S. stipuLa‘Ris Smith. The stipuled, or auricled-leaved, Osier, or 
Willow. 
Identification. Smith FI. Brit., p.1069.; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p.708.; Koch de Sal. Europ. Comm., 
p.29.; Smith Eng. Bot., t. 1214.; Eng. Flora, 4. p.230.; Hook. Br. F1., ed. 2., p.420.; Mackay Fl. 
Hibern., pt. 1. p. 249. 
The Benes. Both are described in Eng. Flora, and both are figured in Eng. Bot., and both in Sai. 
Sa ithice Eng. Bot., t. 1214. ; Sal. Wob., 132. ; and jig. 132. in p. 1628. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves lanceolate, pointed, slightly wavy, obscurely crenate ; 
’ soft and nearly naked above, white and downy beneath. Stipules half- 
heart-shaped, stalked, very large. Gland cylindrical. Ovary ovate, nearly 
sessile, as well as the linear undivided stigmas. (Smith E. F.) A native 
of England, in osier holts, hedges, and woods; and flowering in March. 
* Twigs upright, tall, soft and downy, of a pale reddish brown, brittle, and 
of little or no use as an osier. Leaves almost upright, numerous, about 
a span long, sharp-pointed, unequally and slightly crenate, green, even, 
and soft; though hardly downy above, finely downy and whitish beneath, 
with a nearly smooth, reddish, or pale midrib, and remarkably downy, or, 
as it were, fringed, veins. Footstalks stout, 4 in. or in. long.” (Smith.) 
“ Allied to S. viminalis in fructification ; differing in its larger and coarser 
leaves, less white beneath; and in their large, very remarkable stipules.” 
(Hook, Br.Fl.) “It is not worthy of cultivation for any economical purpose : 
yet it was sent several times to the late Mr. Sowerby to draw, as the 
true S. viminalis, the valuable qualities of which every body knows.” (Smith 
E.F.) Common in the nurseries. 
~ ¥ 77. S. Smrruza‘na Willd. Smith’s Willow, or the silky-leaved Osier, 
Identification. Willd. Enum., 1008.; Smith Eng. FI., 4. p.229.; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 134., so 
far as relates to the female; Hook. Br. Fi., ed. 2., p. 420.; Mackay Fl. Hibern., pt. 1. p. 250. 
