16 TREE-PLANTING. 



France, as may readily be seen, when largely grown 

 is an excellent kind for fine small work, and is much 

 grown for making small baskets. 



The New Kind (Salix Forbyand] resembles the 

 Spaniard in being equally strong, while it is more 

 pliable to work. 



The Hollander, which may be seen in large quan- 

 tities at the edges of the Maas by the traveller, and 

 which owes its name in England from having been 

 brought over here from the Dutch coast, though 

 different in appearance to the new kind, resembles it 

 very closely in quality. 



The Gelster is similar to the Spaniard in quality, 

 but the but-end is thicker, and it grows more tapering. 



TJie Green-Leaved, Osier or Ornard, (Salix rubrd) is 

 strong and tough, and considered a very good sort for 

 the manufacture of certain kinds of baskets. 



The Brown Rod, Brownard, or Silver Osier (Salix 

 Hoffmanniand), is silvery on the under side of the 

 leaf, grows shortish, but is firm, and useful for special 

 purposes. 



The Bitter Ornard (Salix purpured] grows slender, 

 and is tough, and is well adapted for wet ground, like 

 all the other ornards which grow in water. 



TJie Blunt-leaved Ornard (Salix Lambertiand), Rose 

 Ornard (Salix helix}, and the Bastard French (Salix 

 lanceolatd), are considered very inferior in quality on 

 account of their brittleness, which causes a great 

 number of snapped ends to project in their working. 



The kinds I have enumerated embrace the best 

 known sorts, and the plantations on the Holkham 

 estate, in Norfolk, were computed to produce thirty- 

 four pounds, seventeen shilling per acre, the first crop 



