190 OUR FORESTS AND WOODLANDS 
toughest, and fittest to ind while the twigs are 
flexible and tender.’ The force of the word 
‘Greek’ here seems obscure, though if it were crack 
it would exactly correspond with our own term 
now. These two, together with the Russell or 
Bedford Willow (S. Russelliana), said to have origi- 
nated from a cross between the two species, are 
the only tree-willows really deserving of cultiva- 
tion, while the osiers or basket-willows may more 
conveniently be referred to when dealing with 
coppice woods. Our indigenous Saugh or Sallow 
(S. caprwa), whose ‘palms’ render it a beautiful 
object in the early spring, is common through low- 
lying moist tracts in woodlands and along the 
margin of brooks, where its broad, oval leaves, 
generally twisted at their points, easily distinguish 
it from the other willows. Here it grows into a 
small tree, though along hillside streams it is more 
frequently a mere shrub. And in any case, it is 
not of much consequence to the forester. Where 
it occurs among coppice under standards, and in 
Britain it is frequently to be found there in 
moist patches, it should be removed in favour 
of some more remunerative kind of tree. 
Then, as for the other branch of the family, 
