selesabe 
* ‘Thefe three paras comprehend the moft ufeful va- 
rofitab of any 
niard ;? but whether it is a diftin@ fpecies or not is not de- 
cided ; it might be rendered extremely ufeful in counties 
— ‘much = or underwood is bound.” 
fays February is the gd time to plant 
ones an ee forts of willow of the farmer’s 
tageou 
lips, efq. of Ely, ftates in ae Genk volume of the Tranf- 
) e has “ made 
ing them, and at w 
been of much public enn if the Gallee cakes a d gi 
{pecific defcription of the beft kind of celles the © planting 
of which they wifhed to be encouraged by pre The 
the falix, but admitting of many va 
voured to reduce them to two claties 5 ; ari, thofe which are 
fo called by the growers and bafket-makers, diftinguifhable 
by their more blunt, mealy, or downy leaf; and fecondly, 
thofe that have a leaf more pointed, {mooth, and green, re- 
fembling that of a myrtle. Of the firit clafs he has nine or 
ten varieties, all of which he fhall Hae pe fave one, viz. 
that which is called the grey, ox brindled ofter. It has, in 
common with the others, the ight-colored leaf, but ie 
k ftreaked with re fe) 
ss 
It grows vigoroufly, is very hardy and tough, a 
well. All the others of the firft pe delight in a wet foil, 
and will flourifh even in the moft barren kind o eat s but 
ido aee to thof 
iage. In tim war, r inter- 
nce and Holland has been n nerraptd, w where 
they grow bee forts, they have been too much reforted to, 
which has brought o 
and ae the red havin 
eftimation, until others were introduced, fuppo 
fuperior in fome of their qualities; the bark is rf a bluetth- 
It bears, ips eer only a few fhoots o 
is certainly true; but what then? it is not fo Sioa. He 
admits it, pravided only an equal number be planted on an 
acre with thofe that bear more fhoots; but why fhould the 
on a given quantity of land? The nurferyman is governed 
by no fuch rule; and the farmer would become an obje&t of 
pity, were he to fow an equal quantity of every fort of 
this aa 14,000 lant, with more eafe than 12,000 0 
beft new kind e has not been able to learn where vie 
it is univerfally called by that name. ar 
two forts; the other is called the /af, or heft new kind ‘The 
bark of the former is of a light brown colour ; that of the 
latter refembles rufty iron, with light longitudinal ftripes ; 
il. <As its thoo ore numerous, a 
fhould be allotted . a i ane nourifhment fi 
and to admit the rays of the fun and circulation of air, fo 
neceflary 
