CHAP. cm. ,s M.ICA^CEA:. SA^LIX.. 1515 



planted, it is 31 ft. high. In the Isle of Jersey, in Saunders's Nursery, 10 years planted, it is 30 ft. 

 high. In Somersetshire, at Nettlecombe, 24 years planted, it is .'54 ft. high. In Surrey, at Claremont, 

 it is ;jo ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. ! in., and of the head 45 ft. 



S,///r I>iibi/I6niai \orf/t of London. In Yorkshire, at Hear Wood, 10 years planted, it is 20ft. high. 

 In Buckinghamshire, at Temple House, 40 years planted, it is 30 ft." high. In Denbighshire, at 

 f.'.aiibede Hall, 44 years planted, it is :>4 ft. high. In Oxfordshire, in the Oxford Botanic Garden, 

 1'J years planted, if is JO ft. high. In Pembrokeshire, at Golden Grove, 50 years planted, it is 20 ft. 

 high ; the diameter of the trunk'l^ ft, and of the head 20 rt. In Radnorshire, at Maeslaugh Castle, 50 

 years planted, it is 42 ft. high. In Suffolk, in the Bury Botanic Garden, 10 years planted, it is 2(5 ft. 

 high ; at Finborough Hall, 70 years planted, it is 70 ft, high ; the diameter of the trunk 3i ft., and of 

 the head 54 ft. In Warwickshire, at Combe Abbey, 10 years planted, it is 24 ft. high. In Worcester- 

 shire, at Hagley, 10 years planted, it is 20 ft. high ; at Croome, 70 years planted, it is 50ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 2ft., and of the head 30ft. In Yorkshire, at Grimston, 30 years planted, it is 

 25 ft. high. 



S/I//.T babijlonica in Scotland. At Hopetoun House, near Edinburgh, 1(5 years planted, it is 20 ft. 

 high ; the diameter of the trunk 8 in., and of the head 24 ft. In Fifeshire, at Danibristle Park, 10 

 years planted, it is 8 ft. high. In Perthshire, at Taymouth, 3f> years planted, it is 70 ft. high ; the 

 diameter of the trunk 3$ ft., and of the head 60ft. In Stirlingshire, at Callender Park, 5 years planted, 

 it is If) ft. high. 



Sfilir baby!6nica in Ireland. Near Dublin, at Terenure, 50 years planted, it is 35 ft high. In Galway, 

 at Coole, it. is 50 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk 2$ ft, and of the head 60 ft. 



Sali* babt/l6nica in Foreign Countries. In France, near Paris, at Sc<-aux, 40 years planted, 

 it is 50ft. high; the diameter of the trunk 3ft., and of the head 60ft. In Austria, at Vienna, 

 in the University Botanic Garden, 50 years planted, it is 20 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk 

 10 in., and of the head 12 ft. : in Baron Loudon's garden, at Hadersdorf, near the tomb of the 

 celebrated Marshal Loudon, 12 years planted, it is 14 ft. high : at Briick on the Leytha, 50 years 

 planted, it is 49ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 48ft. In Prussia, near 

 Berlin, at Sans Souci, 40 years old, it is 24 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk 9 in., of the head 7 ft. 

 In the south of Russia, the tree is met with in the gardens of some noblemen, and in the govern- 

 ment garden at Nikitka In Italy it is frequent. In the burial-grounds of Turkey it is common ; 

 and it may be found in various parts of India, and even in China. It is commoner in almost every 

 other country than in its native habitat, the banks of the Euphrates. 



3f 20. S. DECI'PIENS Hojfm. The deceptive, White Welch, or varnished, 



Willow. 



Identification. Hoff. Sal., 2. p. 2. t. 31. ; Sm. Eng. Bot, t. 1937. ; Rees's Cyclo., No. 37. ; Engl. FL, 4. 



p. 184. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 29. ; Hook. Br. Fl., cd. 3. ; Mackay Fl. Hibern., pt. 1. p. 246. 

 Synonymes. S. amerlna Walker Essays on Nat. Hist. ; S. fragilis, part of, Koch Comm., p. 15. 

 The Seres. Both sexes are described in Eng. Fl. : the male is figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. 



" I am only acquainted with the sterile plant." (Hook. Br. Fl.) 

 Engravings. Hoffm. Sal., 2. t. 31. ; Eng. Bot., t. 1937. ; SaL Wob., No. 29. ; OUT fig. 1309. ; and fig. 29. 



p. 1609. 



Spec. Char., 8?c. Leaves lanceolate, pointed, serrated, very smooth ; floral 

 ones partly obovate and recurved. Footstalks somewhat glandular. Ovary 

 tapering, stalked, smooth. Style longer than the cloven stigmas. Branches 

 smooth, highly polished. (Sal. Wob., p. 57.) A native 

 of Britain, growing plentifully in woods and hedges ; 

 and flowering in May. According to Pursh, it grows 

 in North America, on road sides and about plantations ; 

 but was introduced from Europe. (Fl. Amer. Sept.) 

 It forms an upright, but not lofty, tree, distinguished by 

 the smooth clay-coloured bark of the last year's 

 branches, which shine like porcelain, as if varnished ; 

 the shoots of the present year being stained of a fine 

 red or crimson. This species is frequently cultivated 

 for basketwork ; and, when planted in moist ground, 

 it produces annual snoots 6 ft. or 8 ft. in length, when cut down j but, in 

 a few years, these gradually become shorter, and the plant ceases to be 

 worth cultivating. The crimson colour of its twigs, in this state, readily 

 distinguishes it from every other species ; though it is often confounded with 

 S. fragilis. *A tree in the Horticultural Society's Garden was, in 1834, after 

 being ten years planted, 14 ft. high. 



Statistics. In Oxfordshire, on the! banks of the Cherwell, in Christ Church Meadow, a tree 

 estimated to be of 40 years' growth, is 40 ft high ; the diameter of the trunk 3 ft,, and of the head* 

 60ft. There are plants in the Hackney and Goldworth arboretums, and at Hen field. 



21. S. MONTANA Forbes. The Mountain Willow. 



Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 19. 

 The Sexes. The female is figured in Sal. Wob. 

 Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 19. ; and our fig. 19. in p. 1606. 



Spec. Char., tyc. Leaves lanceolate, with long, narrow, tapering points; glau- 

 cous, and slightly hairy beneath ; margins closely serrated. Branches yellow. 

 Catkins accompanying the leaves. Ovary nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate, 



