114 SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. SALICACEZ, 
The wood of Salix laevigata is light, soft, not strong, brittle, and close-grained. It is light 
brown tinged with red, with thick nearly white sapwood, and contains numerous thin medullary rays. 
The specific gravity of the absolutely dry wood is 0.4872, a cubic foot weighing 30.36 pounds. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
Puate CCCCLXVIII. Sarix ta&vieata. 
. A flowering branch of the staminate tree, natural size. 
A staminate flower with its scale, front view, enlarged. 
A flowering branch of the pistillate tree, natural size. 
. A pistillate flower with its scale, front view, enlarged. 
. A fruiting branch, natural size. 
. A capsule, enlarged. 
. A winter branch, natural size. 
. A bud, enlarged. 
WAM TP WON 
