36 OSIERS AND WILLOWS 



to 6 ft. long. Equally suitable for white or buff. 

 Thrives on upland soil, and does not require so much 

 moisture as many other varieties of the triandra. A 

 liberal producer, and ready seller at good prices. As 

 green it realised 4 los. to 5 per ton ; white or buff, 

 24 to 26 per ton (in 1918 55 to 60). Plant 18 in. 

 by 1 8 in. (This must not be confused with the " French 

 Osier " S. viminalis.} 



" Pomeranian," a variety imported and highly 

 prized by the late Mr. William Scaling. A high-class 

 willow closely resembling " French," less vigorous in 

 growth, but harder in quality; an ideal willow for 

 straightness ; long and slender; shoots average from 

 3 ft. to 5 ft. ; admirably adapted for the finest willow 

 work. Equally suited for white or buff, and a ready 

 seller at very high prices. As white, it had been known 

 to realise 34 per ton before the war, and sold readily 

 at 95 in 1918. Plant 18 in. by 18 in. 



" Counsellor," first brought prominently into the 

 trade by one of the oldest wholesale willow-working 

 families in England named Mills, of Leake, Leicester- 

 shire, who employed this willow, which at that time 

 was the best variety known, in the manufacture of all 

 kinds of flat skein work, such as chair-back screens, 

 washstand screens, table mats, etc. It is one of the 

 best willows known, but has been neglected in its 

 cultivation, because that branch of the business to 

 which it was adapted has fallen on evil times and has 

 been largely captured by the French. It is suited 

 to a rich cool loam, and makes a growth of from 3 ft. 

 to 5 ft. in the season. It yields a beautiful coloured 

 buff and an equally good coloured white, extremely 

 tough, and grows straight, and in many ways similar 

 to the " Pomeranian," excepting that its bark is of a 



