CHAP. cm. 



6'AL1CAH;E^. .S-A^LIX. 1515 



planted, it is 31 ft. high. In the Isle of Jersey, in Saunders's Nursery, 10 years planted, it is 30 ft. 

 high. In Somersetshire, at Ncttlecombe, 24 years planted, it is 3+ ft. high. In Surrey, at Claremont, 

 it is 30 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk i ft. 9 in., and of the head 45 ft. 



Sulix babyldnica Xort/i of London. In Berkshire, at Bear Wood, 10 years planted, it is 20 ft. nigh. 

 In Buckinghamshire, at Temple House, 40 vears planted, it is 3(J ft. high. In Denbigh.shire, at 

 Llanbede Hall, 44 years planted, it is .54 ft. high. In Oxfordshire, in the Oxford Botanic Garden, 

 12 years planted, it is .Soft. high. In Pembrokeshire, at Golden Grove, 50 years planted, it is 20 ft. 

 high ; the diameter of the trunkli ft, and of the head 20 ft. In Radnorshire, at Maeslaugh Castle, 50 

 years planted, it is 42 ft. high. In Siiftblk, in the Bury Botanic Garden, 10 years planted, it is 26 ft. 

 high ; at Finborough Hall, 70 vears planted, it is 70 ft, high ; the diameter of the trunk 3i ft., and of 

 the head 54 ft. In Warwickshire, at Combe Abbey, 10 years planted, it is 24 ft. high. In Worcester- 

 shire at Haglev, 10 vears planted, it is 20 ft. high ; at Croome, 70 years planted, it is 50 ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 2ft., and of the head 30ft. In Yorkshire, at Grimston, 30 years planted, it is 



" Sulix babyldnica in Scotland. At Hopetoun House, near Edinburgh, 16 years planted, it is 20 ft. 

 hi^h • the diameter of the trunk 8 in , and of the head 24 ft. In Fifeshire, at Danibristle Park, 10 

 vears' planted, it is 8 ft. high. In Perthshire, at Tavmouth, 36 vears planted, it is 70 ft. high ; the 

 diameter of the trunk 3| ft., and of the head 60 ft. In Stirlingshire, at Callender Park, 5 years planted, 

 it is 16 ft. high. , . . ,^.r.. u- u t ,-. i 



Salix babyldnica in Ireland. Near Dublin, at Tcrenure, .50 years planted, it is o» ft. high. In Galway, 

 at Coole, it is .50 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk 2|ft., and of the head 60 ft. 



Sater babyldnica in Foreign Countries. In France, near Paris, at Sci'aux, 4() years planted, 

 it is 50 ft. high; the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 60 ft. In Austria, at \ lenna, 

 in the University Botanic Garden, SO years planted, it is 20 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk 

 10 in., and of the head 12ft. : in Baron Loudon's garden, at Hadersdorf, near the tomb of the 

 celebrated Marshal Loudon, 12 vears planted, it is 14 ft. high : at Bruck on the Leytha, 50 years 

 planted, it is 49 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 48 ft. In Prussia, near 

 Berlui, at Sans Souci,^ 40 vears old, it is 24 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk 9 in., of the head 7 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 raav be found in various pa'rts of India, and even in China. U is commoner in almost every 

 other country than in its native habitat, the banks of the Euphrates. 



2 20. S. DECi'piENS Hoffm. The deceptive. White Welch, or variikhed. 



Willow. 



Jdentification. Hoffi Sal., 2. p. 2. t. 31. ; Sm. Eng. Bot., t. 1937. ; Rees's Cyclo., No. 37. ; Engl. FI., 4. 

 p. 184. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 29. ; Hook. Br. FI., ed. 3. ; Mackay Fl. Hibern., pt. 1. p. 246. 



Synonymes. S. amerlna Wallier Essays on Nat. Hist. ; S. frigilis, part of, Koch Comm., p. 15. 



The Sexes. Both sexes are described in En^. Fl. : the male is figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. 

 " I am only acquainted with the sterile plant." (Hook. Br. Fl.) 



Engravings. Hoffm. Sal., 2. t. 31. ; Eng. Bot., t. 1937. ; Sal. Wob., No. 29. ; our fig. 1309. ; anAfig. 29. 

 p. 1609. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. 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. {^Sal. Wob., p. 37.) 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. (Fl. Amer. Sept.) 



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, ^ ^-^"^ 



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 Chri.st Church Meadow, a tree, 

 estimated to be of 40 years' growth, is 40 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the hea«l 

 60 ft. There are plants in the Hackney and Goldworth arboretums, and at Henfield. 



*t 21, S. MONTA^NA Forbes. The Mountain Willow. 



Jdentification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 19. 

 The Sexes. The female is figured in Sal. If'oJ. 

 Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 19. ; and our,^^. 19. in p. 1606. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. 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, 



