In Winter Quarters 



glaucous beneath; stipules ovate-lanceolate, 

 deciduous; petioles ^ in. long or less, slightly 

 if at all glandular; branchlets glabrous, bright 

 yellow or reddish tinted. FLOWERS appear- 

 ing with the leaves, aments terminating lateral 

 leafy branchlets, scales yellowish, falling before 

 the ripening of the fruit; stigmas nearly sessile. 

 FRUITS capsules narrow-avoid, long-pointed, 

 glabrous, with very short pedicel." 



So you see all you have to do to de- 

 termine whether you are looking at a 

 real Golden Osier or some other wil- 

 lowy creation is to note carefully as to 

 whether or not the leaves are both 

 acuminate and serrate, and glabrous 

 as well as glaucous underneath, and 

 that the stipules are ovate-lanceolate! 

 But whatever you do don't forget to 

 observe whether or not the petioles 

 are slightly glandular. The aments 

 you will know all about, for that is 

 only the botanist's playful way of 

 naming catkins. The thing that inter- 

 ested me most, I remember, at the time 

 I conferred with the author of "Ameri- 

 can Woods" and the "Handbook of 

 [no] 



