SALIX 



WILLOW AND POPLAB OBDEB 



popuLus 803 



10-20 ft. high, now naturalised in parts of 

 England, and remarkable for young violet 

 twigs, which are furnished with narrow 

 oblong or linear lance-shaped sharply 

 serrate leaves 8-6 in. long, tapering to a 

 point, and having a glaucous bloom. 

 Culture do. as above. 



S. fragilis {CracTc Willow; Withy).— A 

 native tree 80-90 ft. high, with yellow- 

 brown twigs and lance-shaped tapering 

 serrate leaves 8-6 in. long,pale or glaucous 

 beneath, hairy when young. The variety 

 decipiens has orange or crimson twigs, 

 and rather smaller leaves. S. russellicma 

 —the Bedford Willow — grows about 50 ft. 

 high, and is considered to be a hybrid 

 between S. fragilis and 8. alba, but differs 

 little ftom fragilis proper except in having 

 narrower leaves. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. laurina, a handsome tree 20-30 ft. 

 high, found in various parts of England 

 and Ireland, is considered to be a hybrid 

 between 8. phylicifoUa and 8. Caprea. 



Culture do. as above. 



S. pentandra (Bay -leaved Willow). — A 

 native shrub or ti;ee 6-20 ft. high, remark- 

 able for producing its flowers later than 

 any other Willow, and each of these, as the 

 specific name indicates, has 5 stamens. 

 The leaves are eUiptic or ovate, or obovate 

 lance-shaped, tapering to a point, 1-4 in. 

 long, glandularly serrulate, and sweet- 

 scented. 



Culture do. as above. 



S.phylicifolia (Tea-leaved Willow). — A 

 handsome native bush about 10 ft. high, 

 remarkable for its bright brown or reddish 

 branches and shining green and glaucous 

 leaves, which are ovate-oblong or elliptic 

 lance-shaped in form. There are several 

 varieties, one (radicans) being a more or 

 less decumbent rooting form. 



Culture da. as above. 



S. purpurea (Purple Osier). — An erect 

 or decumbent British shrub, 5-10 ft. high, 

 remarkable for its red or purpUsh bark. 

 Leaves thin in texture, Unear lance- 

 shaped serrulate, 3-6 in. long, smooth when 

 old, slightly hairy when young. 8. rubra 

 is a hybrid between this species and 8. 

 mrywriaUs. Its variety Helix, the Rose 

 Willow, is much affected with an insect 

 which produces Rose gaUs. 



Culture do. as above. 



S. triandra (8. villarsiana). — Almond- 

 leaved or French Willow. — A British 

 species usually found on river banks, 

 Osier beds &c. It grows about 20 ft. high, 

 and has flaking bark ; leaves 2-4 in. long, 

 Imear or oblong lance-shaped tapering, 

 glandular serrate, smooth shining green 

 above, paler or glaucous beneath. Flowers 

 from April to June, each male flower with 

 8 stamens. There are several forms — 

 some with round, others with furrowed 

 stems. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. viminalis (Osier). — Grown naturally 

 this native species grows about 30 ft. 

 high. Its long straight branches look 

 beautiful swaying in the breeze, especially 

 when young and covered with a silvery 

 silky down. Leaves 4-10 in. long, linear 

 lance-shaped, with wavy margins. 



Culture dc. as above. 



POPULUS (Poplar). — A genus of 

 weU-known deciduous trees with round 

 or angled branches, often having scaly 

 resinous buds. Leaves alternate, some- 

 times on laterally compressed tremulous, 

 stalks, usually broad, feather-veined and 

 3-nerved at the base, entire toothed or 

 lobed; stipules narrow, membranous, 

 fugacious. Catkins loose, usually droop- 

 ing, and appearing before the leaves.. 

 Stamens 4-30. Female flowers sometimes 

 on an elongated pedicle. 



Culture amd Propagation Poplars 



are ornamental and quick-growing trees, 

 usually flourishing near streams, rivers 

 or damp situations generally. All the 

 species are easily increased by cuttings of 

 the ripened shoots inserted in prepared 

 beds in the open ground in either autumn 

 or spring, ^eeds may also be sown as 

 soon as ripe iii light soil, the seedlings 

 being transplanted and receiving the same 

 after-treatment as the Beech. Fresh 

 plants can also be obtained by severing 

 the suckers from the base and transplant- 

 ing separately in autumn. The Weeping 

 Poplars are usually grafted on tall straights 

 stems of P. grwndidentata. 



P. alba (P. ni/vea). — Abele; White 

 Poplar. — A beautiful . quick-growing tree 

 60-100 ft. high, with grey smooth bark, 

 and large deltoid-ovate lobed and toothed 

 leaves 2-4 in. across, with long slender 

 flattened stalks. The variety bolleana 

 has a columnar or pyramidal habit ; can- 

 escem, the Grey Poplar, is distinguished 



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