I3G2 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARRORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The White Willow (Sdlix alba) is found in many places, and 

 tliere are some fine trees, but as a rule it is not plentiful. 



The Crack or Bedford Willow {S. frag His) is more abundant as 

 a tree than the last, but it does not attain to so lari^e a size. 



The Goat Willow (.S'. caprea), or English " Palm Tree," so called 

 from the practice once prevalent of children going in jirocession 

 to church on Palm Sunday carrying rods of this willow in their 

 hands; and it is seldom that a Palm Sunday passes without its 

 being in bloom — 



" The siller sauglis, wi' downy Inuls 

 Adorn the banks " — 



proclaiming that 



" Glooni}^ winter's noo awa','' — ■ 



is common, but the tree is of little use for any economic purpose. 



The Common Osier (^S*. vindnalis), Silky-leaved Osier (S. Sinithi- 

 ana), Triandrous Willow (S. triandra), Green-leaved Osier (aS'. 

 rubra), Purple Willow {S. j^urjnirca), Golden Osier [S. vitellina), 

 Grey Sallow (.S'. cinerea), Piound-eared Sallow (S. aurita), and 

 Dwarf Silky Willow (S./usca), are all more or less plentiful; but 

 in consequence of several of the species being at one time much 

 cultivated, it is doubtful if they all can be classed as natives. 



PiOSACfi^. — The Wild Pear {Pyrus communis) is found in 

 coppices and hedges in different parts of the county, but seldom 

 allowed to attain tree proportions, being generally cut with the 

 small-wood. Some yeai-s ago I measured one with a girth of 

 4 feet 6 inches, and about 30 feet high. It was covered with fruit, 

 but so bard and dry that a knife could hardly peneti'ate them. 



The Crab Apple {Pyrus Mains). — Found in many places, and, 

 unlike the pear, occurs often as a tree, and when in full bloom 

 is very ornamental, and worthy of a place in any park. There is 

 considerable variety among the wild apples, some being almost 

 eatable. A tree in Hursley Park had a girtli of 5 feet 9|- inches, 

 and another in Headley Park measured G feet 1 inch. 



The Wild Service-Tree {P. torminalis) is not a native, and is 

 only found in neglected shrubberies. 



The Mountain Ash, or Powan-Tree (P. Aucuparia). — Abundant 

 in woods with a moory soil, and freely introduced into pleasure 

 grounds as an ornamental tree. 



The White Beam-Tree {/\ aria). — Plentiful, especially on the 



