PROFITABLE RESULT OF OSIER-GROWING. 17 



in the second year after their formation, and twenty- 

 seven pounds ten shillings annually afterwards. Of 

 course these are important results, when it is borne in 

 mind that they are grown upon soils which could not 

 be made available for any other crop. There are 

 many strips of land by the side of open ditches, by 

 streams, and around pools, which might be often 

 turned to profitable account, which are now frequently 

 lamentably neglected, which would be found to come 

 in very useful for many purposes besides basket- 

 making upon a farm, if osiers or willows were but 

 grown. 



