790 SALIX. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



SALPIGLOSSIS. 



long and pendent branches, a yellowish-green, 

 often stained with russet, with a more spread- 

 ing habit and a larger crown than S. baby- 

 lonica. 



S. FRAGILIS (Crack Willow; Withy}. A 

 fine and often picturesque tree of our river 

 valleys, and a native of Northern Europe and 

 Western Asia, including in it a variety of 

 forms, among the best being the Basford Wil- 

 low, and the broad-leaved form, latifolia. S. 

 Riisselliana.) the Bedford Willow, is considered 

 a hybrid between this and the White Willow. 

 There is also an orange, twigged form of the 

 Crack Willow (S. decipiens}. 



S. PENTANDRA (Bay leaved Willow}. A 

 glossy leaved distinct looking Willow, some- 

 times almost a tree ; a native of Britain, mostly 

 towards the north or west, and the latest 

 flowering \Villow. 



S. PURPUREA (Purple or Bitter Osier}. A 

 British Willow of some grace of habit, though 

 not quite a tree, and most interesting from 

 being the origin of the Willow called American 

 by mistake. It is really a variety of this 

 species, and a very beautiful weeping bush, 

 which, however, is often lost by being grafted 

 on the common withy, which soon kills the 

 tree. This Willow and its .varieties and 

 hybrids are much grown in osier beds for 

 basket making, though not so much as the 

 osier. The pendulous form of the Purple 

 Weeping Willow, commonly called the 

 American Weeping Willow is not very high, 

 but has pretty grey slender leaves, with 

 long flexible twigs. It is usually grafted on 

 and grown as a single, umbrella headed tree, 

 although it is much prettier grouped or massed 

 beside the water, and it is only then that one 

 gets an expression of its extreme grace. This 

 willow is grafted on the common sallow a 

 usually coarse growing willow of which the 

 shoots spring from below the graft. If let 

 alone for a year or two they would soon make 

 an end of the Purple Willow ; but by con- 

 tinually removing them one may keep the 

 tree alive. S, purpurea scharfenbergensis is 

 allied to the above, but more elegant, and the 

 branches tinged with a bright russet-brown. 

 It is much to be recommended as a garden tree. 

 S. ROSMARINIFOLIA (Graybush Willow} is 

 a graceful bushy Willow of a nice gray colour, 

 especially for groups near water or in moist 

 ground ; hardy and of easy culture. Europe. 

 S. VIMINALIS (Osier}. A distinct and 

 native Willow, frequent in wet places in woods 

 and osier beds, rarely planted in gardens, the 

 leaves and branches are very fine in form. It 

 is the Willow most used for basket making. 



S. VITELLINA (Golden Willow} is some- 

 times classed with the White Willow by 

 botanists, but from a planter's point of view it 

 is a distinct tree, never so large as the White 

 Willow, but effective in the colour of its yellow 

 branches and twigs in the winter sun. While 

 old trees of this often become good in form 

 and occasionally pendulous, there is of recent 

 years a distinctly pendulous variety, S. pen- 

 dula, which is very graceful and precious 



indeed, and quite hardy, which should never 

 be grafted. Some of the red twigged willows, 

 such as that called the Cardinal Willow, 



Salix vitellina. 



belong to S. Vitellina. The twigs are used 

 to a great extent for packing in nurseries, 

 and tying fruit trees in gardens. 



SALPIGLOSSIS. Jx sinuata is a beau- 

 tiful plant of the Solarium family, and one 

 of the finest of half-hardy annuals ; it is 

 slender, and has an erect stem, i to 2 ft. 

 high, bearing large funnel-shaped blos- 

 soms that have dark veins on a ground 

 which varies from white to crimson, 

 yellow, orange, or purple, and intermedi- 

 ate shades. As the colour of the blos- 

 soms is so variable, the plant is known 



Salpiglossis sinuatn. 



as S. variabilis, and its varieties have 

 Latin names according to their tints. It 

 is difficult to make a selection, but a 

 packet of mixed seeds will produce a 

 pretty variety of colours, and will yield a 

 fine display, lasting from late summer till 



