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that both sides of the stream should be planted instead 

 of cultivating twice the distance on one side. This being 

 done with the object of providing a perfect. shelter in some 

 place, and valuable observations may be obtained by doing 

 so. A great many American and other foreign trees might 

 well be introduced, as, for example, the Swamp Cypress 

 ( Taxodium distickum), a great tree yielding a finely-grained 

 timber, hard and durable, and the Leverwood tree (Ostrya 

 Virginica), which besides excellent timber furnishes a 

 relished forage from its rich foliage ; these, and a great 

 many more, might have a good effect on the river fishing 

 besides other advantages. But it is particularly the willows 

 to which our attention should be drawn. The preference 

 which these trees have for water, and particularly for run- 

 ning water, is well known, and points directly to the prac- 

 ticability of placing them in those localities so well suited 

 for them. The fish like willows, and I have often times in 

 Australia seen the best fishing places close to where some 

 weeping willows (Salix Babylonicd) had taken the place of 

 the indigenous and even more shady wattles (acacias). 



The yearly consumption of osiers in England is far 

 greater than the national supply, and as the basket in- 

 dustry is constantly on the increase, it would also on this 

 account be advisable to further the cultivation of the osier 

 willows. For light, sandy banks, the best willow should be 

 Salix Purptirea, and, as it is so easily propagated, it will 

 well repay the cost of cultivation, besides binding the 

 banks, making them firm, and adding to the health of the 

 locality as well as that of the water. For more clayey 

 soil, 5. viminalis and the now celebrated S. capr&a, so 

 much sought for powder factories, should be the best 

 The cuttings must be taken from the one to two year old 

 shoots, and be put I to ij foot apart, in double or treble 



