WILLOW FAMILY. 329 
The most of the Osier used in this country is imported ; the labor required 
in peeling the twigs will pr obably prevent that raised in this eountry 
from successfully competing with the foreign arti tice. 
** Aments produced with the leaves at the summit of short lateral leafy 
branches, peduncled, long and loose: branches brittle at base. 
+ Ovary sessile, smooth : stamens 2. 
. at al’ba, L. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 
minate, dénticulate, silky glaucous 
Sakon: ; Stipules lanceolate ; — short 
i illow 
Stem 30 - mre much branched ; branches 
rather erect, ‘with a pale — yellow bark. 
Leaves 2~ inch the } eth glandular ; 
les 1 lines = length, *Pistillate aments 2-3 
inches Tong, greeni: 
About houses, ke. " Native of Europe. #1. April. 
Obs. The White Willow, if I mistake = . = one which is pre- 
ferred, and cultivated, by the manufacture Gun Powder, for the 
of making charcoal. i hade about 
illow. I ura 
eellonn ,—Yellow Willow or bolden Osier,—has orange-yellow branches 
and rather shorter and broader leaves ; it is often seen, as a e tree, 
and partly naturalized. 
Tt Ovary stalked, smooth: stamens 2-6. 
vs Bae Fra’ ‘gilis, var. Russe Leaves lanceolate, <n 
with the teeth fgets somewhat glaucous us beneath, and I 
sigily silky while young ; stipules half heart-shaped ; styles con- 
‘Brittle & Salix. Bedford Willow. 
Stem 30-50 fee branc her tha ish-b’ smooth bark, some- 
what —— ge young, remarkably brite at Vaan lanes 2 -4 inches Jong, acute 
pace mags d, finally smooth ; petioles 2-6 lines pene aoa somewhat pubee- 
cent. aeds 2 214 inches tone: ‘Pods ta 
ioe preuncss Native of England. FI. May. 
_ Obs. This is one of the species cultivated for basket work. 
4. 8. Bapyto’tca, L. Young  centomerat slender, flaccid and pendae 
lous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate serrulate or nearly 
entire ; stipules minute, ovate, glandular. autitale aments resieved 
Basytoyzan Satrx. Weeping Willow. Drooping Willow. 
wy gus cle of te amon ae) gv of nla 
at the base, borne on a orbs 
seat tama 
"oo plstillate ‘lower, an 
