THE OZ1ER. 



SALIX VIMINALIS. 



Fruftif cation. As the former. 



Specific cbaracler. Leaves very long, nar- 

 row, pointed, almoft entire, filky be- 

 neath ; branches rod-like. 



THIS fpeeies is the principal example of 

 the fhrub-willows, remarkable for their very 

 long and flexible branches, which fit them 

 for being woven into the different kinds of 

 balket-vvork. The ozier loves a moid 

 fituation, and is commonly planted by the 

 fides of rivers and ponds. It covers many 

 of the river-iflands of the Thames, and 

 renders very profitable, fpots which would 

 otherwife be left wafte. It has the further 

 value of ftrengthening the banks of ftreams, 

 and preventing them from being vvafhed away 

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