106 ELEMENTARY WOODWORKING 



The wood of the willow is not very valuable, being 

 used chiefly by pulp makers, but it grows where no 

 other trees can exist, being found nearly all over the 

 world, and creeping nearer to the north pole than any 

 other broad-leaved tree except the birch. It has over 



FIG. 116. A Weeping Willow 



one hundred and fifty varieties, which vary from small 

 shrubs up to trees a hundred feet high. Its soft and 

 gentle beauty is sufficient excuse for its existence. 



56. The Poplars. In the poplars we have a group 

 of trees similar to the willows in some ways but very 

 different in others. The wood is weak and of little 



