SALLOW. 



Salix caprea. Nat. Ord., 

 Sahcacete. 



VEN those of our readers who 

 fail to recognise the plant 

 we figure under the name we 

 give it will probably have 

 no difficulty in recalling it 

 under the name of the 

 "palm/' After the first 

 few prinu-oses have cast their 

 delicate clustering blossoms 

 upon the hedge-banks, and 

 the golden disks of the colts- 

 foot have lighted up the 

 waste grounds, one of the 

 most welcome signs of the ap- 

 proaching spring is the blossom- 

 ing of the sallow, and its 

 branches were in earlier times 

 in great request on the annual re- 

 currence of Palm Sunday. These 



were carried in processions and strewn on the roads on 

 the Sunday next before Easter, in commemoration of the 

 entry of our Saviour into Jerusalem immediately before 

 His death. As the palm itself was not available, it became 

 necessary to find a substitute, and the golden heads of the 



