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Bartram specimen is sixty-one feet high and 

 three feet eight inches in circumference. 



It is generally propagated by layers, put 

 down as soon as the young wood is ripe, 

 being first notched as for a carnation. The 

 stool of layers should be protected from frost. 

 When rooted, they are easily managed after- 

 wards.' 55 ' 



There are some very fine specimens of this 

 tree in Mr. Pierce's arboretum, little if any 

 inferior to the Bartram specimens. 



SALIX, Linnceus. Nat. Ord. Salicacea?. 

 Dioecia, Diandria, Linn. Catkins with the 

 scales entire. Calyx wanting. Staminate 

 flowers with 1-6 stamens, filaments some- 

 times united. Pistillate flowers. Stigma 2- 

 lobed, with one or more glands contiguous to 

 the pistil. 



The WILLOW TRIBE has not as yet met 

 with that distinction as affording ornamental 

 trees which it deserves. I fear that Juliet's 



* Since the above was written, I learn that trees have 

 produced fruit in France. So that the easiest manner of 

 increasing our stock of this valuable tree will be by im- 

 porting seedlings. 



