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planter than almost any other tree, the larch always ex- 

 cepted. 



The White Willow has also the advantage of thriving, and 

 growing to a large size, upon land of secondary quality, 

 though it no doubt attains its finest developement in a rich 

 moist soil. We have seen it, indeed we have many promising 

 young trees growing rapidly upon a stiffish clay, where 

 it has been well drained of stagnant water. It is therefore 

 well calculated for plantations in poorish upland districts, 

 and we would recommend it, together with the S. Rus- 

 selliana, to be freely inserted where such are made, par- 

 ticularly in hollows near water-courses, or at the bottom 

 of declivities where the soil is moist : thus planted, in 

 company with other trees, or in masses by itself, the 

 Willow makes astonishing progress, and soon reaches a 



