48 OSIERS AND WILLOWS 



SALIX ALBA 



" Africans." This variety as grown in England is 

 the better of two kinds largely imported. It does not 

 make the same long growth as in its native country. 

 A rich alluvial clay is suitable. Shoots, 4 ft. to 7 ft., 

 3 ft. 6 in. to 10 ft. in its native climate. A very suitable 

 and excellent willow for warm, humid places.- Plant 

 20 in. by 20 in. 



Salix alba var. vitellina. The variety known as 

 " Golden Willow " is one of the toughest willows grown 

 if used with the bark on in a green state. It is chiefly 

 sold for tie-rods to market gardeners, nurserymen 

 and celery growers, who get their principal supplies 

 from the Reading district and Suffolk. Strong, damp, 

 rich soil is required. Shoots, 3 ft. to 6 ft. 6 in. If 

 peeled, the colour is dirty and the rods poor in 

 quality, and when dried for brown the bark goes 

 black in patches, making consequently but a second- 

 rate price in this condition. Plant 20 in. by 20 in. 



Salix alba var. cardinalis. The " Belgian Red 

 Willow " is the best working- quality willow that 

 Belgium produces, but is far inferior to the triandra 

 varieties of Great Britain ; it is a moderate cropper, 

 ljut the shoots rarely exceed 5 ft. 6 in., and they do 

 not make a good colour as white; it finds a ready 

 market with gardeners and nurserymen as green for 

 tie-rods, and is well suited for that purpose. Its great 

 toughness lies in the bark. Plant 18 in. by 18 in. on a 

 damp loam soil. 



SALIX HIPPOPHAIFOLIA (for sewage farm purposes) 



Botanically this willow resembles both 5. triandra 

 and S. viminalis and is therefore classed by botanists 



