182 TREES OF MINNESOTA. 



Salix amygdaloides. Peachleaf Willow. 



Leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, Jong-pointed, 3 to 

 5 or more inches long-, slightly pubescent when young, green 

 above, pale and glaucous below with stout yellow or orange 

 colored midrib. Stipules often one-half inch broad on vigor- 

 ous shoots, but scarcely appearing on the weaker branches. 

 Catkins appear with the leaves; stamens 5 to 9, distinct. A 

 small tree occasionally 70 feet high. 



Distribution. Along lakes and streams. Quebec to the 

 valley of the Upper Saskatchewan River and Oregon, south 

 to Ohio, Missouri and Texas. Common in Minnesota. 



Propagation. By cuttings. Seedlings can generally be 

 gathered. 



Properties of wood. Light, soft, weak, close grained, light 

 brown with thick whitish sapwood. Specific gravity 0.4509; 

 weight of a cubic foot 28.10 pounds. 



Uses. The Peachleaf Willow is not as desirable as several 

 other willows for cultivation, but in suitable locations makes 

 a very pretty tree. The wood is used for fuel. 



Salix alba. White Willow. 



Leaves lanceolate, taper pointed and tapering to the 

 petiole, serrate with thickened teeth, silky on both sides when 

 young, less so and pale or glaucous beneath when mature: 

 stipules deciduous. Flowers appear in May with the leaves 

 at the ends of leafy lateral shoots of the season; stamens two. 

 Fruit matures in June. Tree sometimes attains a height of 80 

 feet with a trunk 3 or 4 feet in diameter and ascending 

 branches. 



Distribution. Native of northern Europe and Asia, but 

 was early brought to this country and has become naturalized 

 from the Valley of the St. Lawrence to the Potomac. There 

 are many varieties and probably many hybrids of this with 

 the American and European species. The form of the White 

 Willow commonly used for windbreaks on our prairies has 

 been considered by some as a hybrid between S. fragilis and 

 S. alba and by others as but a variety of S. alba. The pis- 

 tillate tree is most commonly met with here. 



Propagation. It can be propagated easily from cuttings 

 of large or small size. In growing this tree for windbreaks, 



