THAT WILLOW CONE 



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stings of tiny insects and the implanting of their 

 eggs. 



It must have escaped the notice of old Gerarde, the 

 botanist of two centuries ago, else he had doubtless 

 classed this species as the "cone-willow," even as he act- 

 ually classified another willow as a " rose " on account 

 of a similar insect excrescence, in which the bud was 

 transformed into a dense cluster of leaves somewhat 

 suggesting a rose a species which may frequently be 

 found in company with our " cone." 



