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on a whinflone rock, it makes a good tree. . The 

 timber produced in fuch filiations, though fmall- 

 er, is more folid and valuable than that produc- 

 ed in more favourable places, as we lately ob- 

 fcrved at Hillfide in Fifeihire. f 



THE WILLOW. 



The Willow, of which there are many fpecies, 

 is often found growing naturally in forefts and 

 woods, and of courfe it deferves a place here. 

 The Huntingdon willow, and the Bedford wil- 

 low, are the kinds moft worthy of cultivation for 

 timber. The Huntingdon willow is very gene- 

 rally known, while the Bedford willow, fo much 

 efteemed in England, has been little attended to 

 in Scotland. It grows to a great fize, and its tim- 

 ber is ufeful for many purpofes. There are a 

 few large trees of this fort about Edinburgh, par- 

 ticularly at the village of Canonmills. A kind 

 called the Red-twigged Willow may alfo be men- 

 tioned : it forms a large tree, and has a fine fil- 

 very foliage : it is probably the fame as the Up- 

 land Willow of Mr Pontey. * 

 ' The 



j- At Hillside grew a single large Walnut-tree, which 

 was blown down last spring, (1810) ; when cut up, it was 

 found quite hollow. It grew in very deep loam, but had 

 probably been mismanaged in youth. 



* Several trees of the red-twigged willow, are presently 

 growing at Brucefield Nursery, near Dunfermline, Fifeshire, 

 60 feet high and upwards: They grow as rapidly, and pro* 

 duce as good timber as the Huntingdon. 



