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Salicine are used in medicine as a substitute for Cinchona CASE 

 in intermittent fevers, acute rheumatism, &c. 126. 



On the bottom shelf of this compartment note Truck 



IlASKETS made of willow wood. Used in gardens, and 

 y the peasantry in Sussex for general purposes. 

 The middle compartment is devoted to models of 

 tASKETS of various kinds in different stages of construe- 

 on, made of unpeeled and peeled Willow shoots known 

 3 Osiers. These are furnished by Salix viminalis, L., 

 S. j)urpurea, L., ^S*. triandra, L., and other species. On 

 the upper shelves of the last compartment some very fine 

 specimens of split willow work are shown. 



No. 508. Exchequer Tallies (formerly made of CASE 

 Hazel, Alder, or Willow), with an account of the mode of 127. 

 usiner them. 



In the next compartment of this Case are various 

 illustrations of the uses of willow wood, as sabots, spoons, 

 and strips of wood as used in Russia for making matches 

 and match-boxes. Also paper pulp, paper and a gun-stock 

 made from ASPEN wood (Populus tremula, L.). In the 

 last compartment are woods of various species of Populus. 



This Case contains a series of funeral wreaths and CASE 

 flowers from the tombs of Aahmes I. and Ramses J I., 128. 

 Kings of Egypt, of dates respectively 1700 B.C. and 1100- 

 1200 B.C. 



Further specimens are shown on the wall of the 

 descent staircase. 



