8 Wyoming Experiment Station. 



This willow is one of the best for home decoration, especially 

 as it requires less water than other willows. If the male plants 

 which bear the yellow catkins are planted, the bushes will be 

 quite handsome and attractive when they flower early in the 

 spring. 



Barclay's Willow (Salix Barclayi Anders.) 



This willow occurs in the mountains and is quite rare. It 

 has large leaves much like those of Nuttall's willow, but the 

 leaves are somewhat pointed and the margins toothed. 



Bebb's Willow (Salix Bebbiana Sarg.) 



This is one of the commonest willows in the state, being es- 

 pecially abundant on creeks in the foothills of the mountains. 

 Unlike our other common willows it does not spread from the 

 root, but has One or several large much-branching trunks and 

 a rounded bushy top. Its leaves are of a dull-green color and 

 only an inch and a half long. The small hairy capsules which 

 contain the silky seeds are prominently beaked, and are borne 

 on unusually long stalks. 



On account of its striking habit of growth it may be used to 

 advantage for ornamental purposes. 



Hoary Willow (Salix Candida Fluegge). 



A low shrub, 2 to 5 feet high, with the young shoots and the 

 under surfaces of the leaves densely white-woolly. The older 

 branches are shining red and the leaves are from 2 to 4 inches 

 long and less than an inch wide. This willow is very rare, 

 being known only from the Centennial Valley. 



Green-leaved Willow (Salix chlorophylla Anders.) 



A low straggling willow, i T /2 to 6 feet high, with dark-col- 

 ored buds and twigs and glossy-green foliage. The leaves are 

 whitish on their under surfaces and one to two inches long. 

 It is a very common willow on the banks of rivulets and in bogs 

 in our mountains. 



