39. 
THE WHITE WILLOW. 
Saliz alba. 
Prats 5, Fie. 6. 
F : HEN it is remembered that one of 
the most eminent of English 
botanists, who devoted a large 
part of a life of remarkable in- 
dustry to the study of Trees, has 
‘stated that the species of the 
genus Salix might be described ‘as in a 
oy state of inextricable confusion,’ it will 
a be readily admitted to be altogether 
beside the purpose of this volume to attempt to 
give a description of the various characters, real 
or imaginary, which have been deemed sufficiently 
prominent and distinct to warrant the division of 
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