106 ELEMENTARY WOODWORKING 
The wood of the willow is not very valuable, being 
used chiefly by pulp makers, but it grows where no 
other trees can exist, being found nearly all over the 
world, and creeping nearer to the north pole than any 
other broad-leaved tree except the birch. It has over 
Fic. 116. A Weeping Willow 
one hundred and fifty varieties, which vary from small 
shrubs up to trees a hundred feet high. Its soft and 
gentle beauty is sufficient excuse for its existence. 
56. The Poplars. In the poplars we have a group 
of trees similar to the willows in some ways but very 
different in others. The wood is weak and of little 
