Haxdijook of Ti;i-:j:s oi-- the Xi iirrii i-kn Sta'j'ks and C'anajia. 75 



'I'he Peaeh-li.Tif Willow is a liaiidsome and 

 (listiiirt Willow, soiiii'tiiiies uttaiiiiiii,' tlip 

 height of UO or 70 ft. with straif^ht rdlmuiiar 

 trunk 2 ft. ill diameter. When isolated from 

 other trees it de\'elo[)H a. rather narrow roiiiiiled 

 l(i|i of ii|)riL;hl anil spreading; lira iielirs, and 

 while the bark of trunk is rid^'i'd it is dis- 

 tinctly smootlier and with more a|i|iressed 

 scales tlian is that of tlie Blaid< Willow, a 

 character especially noticeable on the larger 

 branches. Its large pendent leaves are quite 

 suggestive of those of the Peatdi and Almond 

 trees and from that fact it recei\('s its name. 

 In company with the Black Willow, with 

 which it apparently freely hybridizes, il 'j;rows 

 along the borders of streams and htw bil:e- 

 sbores o\'er a laige area. In disi libul ion it is 

 an almo-t exact eomiilenient of that of tin.' 

 lihicl; \\ilh,\\. ill thai it is larrr in Ihe east 

 and more abniidaiit westward as far as to the 

 l!ocky Monnfaiiis at least, while the iiwerse is 

 true of the Black Willow. 



Its wood is light, a cubic foot wlcn abso- 

 lutely dry weighing -J.S.IO lbs., s.dl and nrd 

 strong, and n-"il mainly for <■' arcoil ,i id fnel.i 



l.inri'x rrwnliite in I he hiiil, i:-a in. loiij^-, n\-!itr. 

 Iiinrrnliilr 0, IniirpolaO', fr.aii cnih-alr [r, rciindril 

 at tiasr, tinriv srrralr, iiii laiiwin,;; Id a hiii.L; slciiilia- 

 peinl : luslrnus liu'lil yi-rcii aliiivc, pair iiiiO ;;liin- 

 cans liraa'atli : ppli.ilcs sliaidca-, i-liinua led anil willi- 

 Ollt udnnds : stipii Ics rcniforni Inil iinisll\- fimaciniis 

 Fliiiifi-.i apii.'ili- wilh IIm> leaves in l.aiiiiiial aiiMail- 

 on Icnr.v hranrlilets ; scales vlhwv. lillmis [i.ali 

 Rides, caihicens : stamens ."n willi lilaiiienis liairv 

 at base: [listillate aments loiise willi Icaci-slalki'd 

 narrow-n\-(iid .elaiirniis n\-iiries and neiu-lv sessile 

 pni;iri.dnatr' sti.^mas. r'ruit ^dohnse emiieal witi 

 lon.i;- slender pedicels. - 



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