SOILS. 49 



WILLOW, 



In respect of soil, what has been said of 

 the Poplar is equally applicable to the Wil- 

 low. There are many kinds of this plant, 

 which are all both ornamental and useful : 

 the smaller growing kinds, for basket and 

 wicker work, and the larger, for mill-cogs, 

 dishes, hoops, &c. 



But, perhaps, the most valuable of the Wil- 

 low kind is the common Sallow, (Salix ca- 

 prea ;) the charcoal of which is much used 

 in the manufacture of gunpowder ; in which 

 art, the coal of Sallow, of Alder, of red Dog- 

 wood, with a small portion of the coal of 

 Hazel, are in demand.* 



* Of this, I have been assured by a person eminent 

 in that line ; and also, that, in the vicinity of gunpowder 

 mills, few articles of produce pay so well. 



