SALICINE.^ 



Leaves ovate-oblong, l^-Sj ins. long, entire or slightly toothed, ciliate, 

 shortly petiolate, acuminate, glossy, silky and yellowish-green when young, 

 deep green when older. Autumn tints yellow, orange, gold, purple, finally a 

 fiery brown. 



A deciduous tree, 60-130 ft.; Branches with an upward tendency, side 

 spray at acute angles ; Ticigf; smooth, polished ; Bark smooth, leaden-grey ; 

 Buds long, cone shaped, sharp pointed, 18 20 brown, slightly fringed scales 

 whicli are modified stipules ; Wood light brown, hard, close-grained, rather 

 brittle ; used for tools, cabinet- and chair-making, piles, wedges, turnery, 

 carpentry, and fuel. 



Indigenous in England ; extensively planted throughout Britain ; lives 

 200-300 years. The English name is derived from the A.S. here, boece, 

 the Beech-tree, so called from the fact that the nuts were eaten (formerly by 

 men, now only by pigs). The Latin name Fagus has somewhat the same 

 meaning, being derived from the Greek phcgos — phugo, to eat. 



Injurious Insects: — Foliage — Cockchafer {Melolontha vulgaris). Silvery 

 Weevil {Phjjlloljius argentatus), Tree Lackey Moth [Bomhyx neustria). Mottled 

 Umber Moth [Hyt>ernia defoliaria) ; Timber — Wood Leopard Moth {Zeuzera 

 cesculi). 



Fungoid Pests: — Beech Agaric [Armillaria mucida), Apple Tree Canker 

 ( Xectria ditissima ) . 



Galls on leaves produced by a Gall-gnat {Hormomyia piligera). 



Class I Dicotyledons 



Division IV. . . Incompletce 



Natural Oudek . . Salicinece 



Trees or shrubs with watery juice, and alternate, petiolate, and stipulate 



leaves, stipules scaly and deciduous or foliaceous ; Floxvers dictcious, appearing 



before leaves, borne in catkins in axils of leaves of previous year ; Perianth : 



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