CONTENTS 



PAGE 



INTRODUCTION v 



CHAPTER I 

 THE CULTIVATION OF BASKET WILLOWS i 



Soil and Situation Preparation of Grass and Arable Land 

 Grubbing up Old Beds Drainage Supply of Labour 

 Planting Cultivation or Cleaning Manuring Harvesting 

 Cutting the .Maiden Crop Tying into Bundles and Carting 

 Summary of Directions to iVillow Cultivators. 



CHAPTER II 

 EXPENSES AND RETURNS . . . . 27 



Cost of Cultivation and Yield Cost of Cutting the Crop and 

 Carrying Off. 



CHAPTER III 

 VARIETIES OF WILLOWS 33 



CHAPTER IV 

 PREPARATION AND MARKETING . . . 52 



Preparation of the Rods White Rods Preparation for 

 Whitening Couching Pieing Pitting Peeling for White 

 Breaks Drying White Rods Buffing Suitable Varieties 

 Time of Cutting Boiling Tanks for Boiling Peeling Buff by 

 Hand and by Breaks Drying for Buff Grading and Tying into 

 Bundles Brown and how to Preserve it. 



CHAPTER V 



INSECT PESTS OF BASKET WILLOWS .... 74 

 Damage to Leaves and Terminal Buds Damage to Rods 

 Damage to Stumps Insect Pests: Willow Aphides Willow 

 Beetles Willow Sawflies Willow Moths Willow Gall 

 Midges Methods of Control. 



CHAPTER VI 



TREE WILLOWS . . . . . . .87 



Salix ccerttlea or Blue Willow Salix fragilis or Crack Willow 

 Salix alba or White Willow Salix asrulea. 



CHAPTER VII 

 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS ...... 95 



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