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Willow Bark of the Willow astringent Embanking 

 The White or Huntingdon Willow Russell's or 

 the Bedford Willow Johnson's Willow Large 

 Willow at Sion American Weeping Willow Kil- 

 marnock Weeping Willow The Alder Wood of the 

 Alder used in making Fish-barrels The Alder an 

 Agent for reclaiming Land Planting The Poplar 

 Cobbett and the Poplar Tree Prince Puckler 

 Muskau's Opinion The Lombardy Poplar Poplars 

 on the Continent and Poplar Fences Black Italian 

 Poplar The Gray Poplar The White Poplar- 

 White Egyptian Poplar The Trembling-leaved 

 Poplar or Aspen The Balsam Poplar The Ontario 

 Poplar The Lime or Linden Attempt to Assassi- 

 nate the German Emperor The Horse Chestnut 

 Scarlet-flowering Chestnut 1 8 



CHAPTER III. 



Broad-leaved Trees Trees as Landscape Ornaments 

 Influence of Climate Planting in the Sixteenth 

 Century Turner's " Herbal " Gerrard's Catalogue 

 and Physic-garden in Holborn Sir Hans Sloane's 

 Physic-garden at Chelsea Dr. Compton, Bishop of 

 London Planting greatly stimulated The " Hortus 

 Kewensis" Trees introduced by Douglas The Ash 

 The Beech Old Tree in Windsor Forest Indis- 

 position of English Farmers to turn their Attention 

 to Agricultural Manufactures The Birch The Elm 

 The Mountain or Wych Elm The Huntingdon 

 Elm Cork-barked Elm American Elm Curled- 

 leaved Elm Variegated Elm Weeping Elm Apti- 

 tude of the Elm to "sport," or vary from Seed The 

 Chestnut Tree valuable as Coppice The Timber 

 chiefly valuable when young Derivation of its Name 



