Trees for Economic Planting 



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are many kinds of willows found growing throughout the 

 British Isles, but one alone produces the particular class of 

 wood from which first-class bats are turned out. Until 

 quite lately the timber of the White or Huntingdon Willow 



STEM OF THE TRUE " CRICKET-BAT " WILLOW (Sdlix 



(Salix alba) was largely used in the making of cricket bats, 

 but it has been found that a cross between that species and 

 the crack willow (S. fragilis), and named S. ccerulea, pro- 

 duces by far the best wood for the manufacture of high- 



