Bui. 316, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate V. 



Fig. 1.— Pollarding Willows for Charcoal Wood Used in Manufacturing of 



Gunpowder. 



Young healthy trees, beginning 2 years' growth after cropping. Wilmington, Del. 



F-80655 



Fig. 2.— Pollard Willows Cropped Three Times. 



Trunks destroyed by injury due to flood and decay. Lowstumpsare more desirable In Buch 

 situations. Wilmington, Del. 



POLLARD WILLOWS. 



