CHAP. CIII. SALlCA^CEiE. AA^IX. 1515 



Slanted, it is 31 ft. high. In the Isle of Jersey, in Saunders's Nursery, 10 years planted, it is 30 ft. 

 igh. In Somersetshire, at Nettlecombe, 24 years planted, it is 34 ft. high. In Surrey, at Claremont, 

 it is 30 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 9 in., and of the head 45 ft. 



Salix babyldnica North of London. In Berkshire, at Bear Wood, 10 years planted, it is 20 ft. high. 

 In Buckinghamshire, at Temple House, 40 years planted, it is 30 ft. high. In Denbighshire, at 

 Llanbede Hall, 44 years planted, it is 54 ft. high. In Oxfordshire, in the Oxford Botanic Garden, 

 12 years planted, it is 30 ft. high. In Pembrokeshire, at Golden Grove, 50 years planted, it is 20 ft. 

 high ; the diameter of the trunk If ft, and of the head 20 ft. In Radnorshire, at Maeslaugh Castle, 50 

 years planted, it is 42 ft. high. In Suffolk, in the Bury Botanic Garden, 10 years planted, it is 26 ft. 

 high ; at Finborough Hall, 70 years planted, it is 70 ft, high ; the diameter of the trunk 3f ft., and of 

 the head 54 ft. In Warwickshire, at Combe Abbey, 10 years planted, it is 24 ft. high. In Worcester, 

 shire, at Hagley, 10 years planted, it is 20 ft. high ; at Croome, 70 years planted, it is 50 ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 30 ft. In Yorkshire, at Grimston, 30 years planted, it is 

 25 ft. high. 



Salix babyldnica in Scotland. At Hopetoun House, near Edinburgh, 16 years planted, it is 20 ft. 

 high ; the diameter of the trunk 8 in., and of the head 24 ft. In Fifeshire, at Danibristle Park, 10 

 years planted, it is 8 ft. high. In Perthshire, at Taymouth, 36 years planted, it is 70 ft. high ; the 

 diameter of the trunk 3| ft., and of the head 60 ft. In Stirlingshire, at Callender Park, 5 years planted, 

 it is 16 ft. high. 



Salix babyldnica in Ireland. Near Dublin, at Terenure, 50 years planted, it is 35 ft. high. In Galway, 

 at Coole, it is 50 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk 2| ft, .and of the head 60 ft. 



Salix babyldnica in Foreign Countries. In France, near Paris, at Sc£aux, 40 years planted, 

 it is 50 ft. high; the diameter of the trunk 3ft., and of the head 60ft In Austria, at Vienna, 

 in the University Botanic Garden, 50 years planted, it is 20 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk 

 10 in., and of the head 12 ft. : in Baron Loudon's garden, at Hadersdorf, near the tomb of the 

 celebrated Marshal Loudon, 12 years planted, it is 14 ft. high : at Briick on the Leytha, 50 years 

 planted, it is 49 ft high; the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 48 ft. In Prussia, near 

 Berlin, at Sans Souci, 40 years old, it is 24 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk 9 in., of the head 7 ft. 

 In the south of Russia, the tree is met with in the gardens of some noblemen, and in the govern- 

 ment garden at Nikitka. In Italy it is frequent. In the burial-grounds of Turkey it is common ; 

 and it may be found in various parts of India, and even in China. It is commoner in almost every 

 other country than in its native habitat, the banks of the Euphrates. 



$ 20. S. deci'piens Hoffm. The deceptive, White Welch, or varnished. 



Willow. 



Identification. Hoff. Sal., 2. p. 2. t 31. ; Sm. Eng. Bot, t. 1937. ; Rees's Cycle, No. 37. ; Engl. Fl., 4. 



p. 184. ; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 29. ; Hook. Br. Fl., ed. 3. ; Mackay Fl. Hibern., pt. 1. p. 246. 

 Synonymes. S. amerlna Walker Essays on Nat. Hist. ; S. fragilis, part of, Koch Comm., p. 15. 

 The Sexes. Both sexes are described in Eng. Fl. : the male is figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob. 



" I am only acquainted with the sterile piant." (Hook. Br. Fl.) 

 Engravings. Hoffm. Sal., 2. t. 31. ; Eng. Bot., t. 1937. ; Sal. Wob., No. 29. ; our fig. 1309. ; and fig. 29. 



p. 1609. 



Spec. Char., cfc. Leaves lanceolate, pointed, serrated, very smooth ; floral 

 ones partly obovate and recurved. Footstalks somewhat glandular. Ovary 

 tapering, stalked, smooth. Style longer than the cloven stigmas. Branches 

 smooth, highly polished. (Sal. Wob., p. 57.) A native 

 of Britain, growing plentifully in woods and hedges ; 

 and flowering in May. According to Pursh, it grows 

 in North America, on road sides and about plantations ; 

 but was introduced from Europe. (Fl. Amer. Sept.) ( 

 It forms an upright, but not lofty, tree, distinguished by 

 the smooth clay-coloured bark of the last year's 

 branches, which shine like porcelain, as if varnished ; 

 the shoots of the present year being stained of a fine 

 red or crimson. This species is frequently cultivated 

 for basketwork ; and, when planted in moist ground, 

 it produces annual snoots 6 ft. or 8 ft. in length, when cut down ; but, in 

 a few years, these gradually become shorter, and the plant ceases to be 

 worth cultivating. The crimson colour of its twigs, in this state, readily 

 distinguishes it from every other species ; though it is often confounded with 

 S. fragilis. A tree in the Horticultural Society's Garden was, in 1834, after 

 being ten years planted, 14 ft. high. 



Statistics. In Oxfordshire, on the banks of the Cherwell, in Christ Church Meadow, a tree, 

 estimated to be of 40 years' growth, is 40 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 

 60 ft There are plants in the Hackney and Goldworth arboretums, and at Henfield. 



% 21. & monta v na Forbes. The Mountain Willow. 



Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 19. 

 The Sexes. The female is figured in Sal. Wob. 

 Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 19. ; and our Jig. 19. in p. 1606. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves lanceolate, with long, narrow, tapering points; glau- 

 cous, and slightly hairy beneath ; margins closely serrated. Branches yellow. 

 Catkins accompanying the leaves. Ovary nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate, 



