143 
Besides the paper already referred to, issued by the Board of 
Agriculture, which contained valuable statistics due much information 
respecting methods of cultivation, &e., a paper “The Cultivation of 
Osiers as a Means of Utilising Bogay Land," br W. J. Cochrane, Glen- 
side, pons ae Fenee Houses, D tham, w as also published in 
1893, in the “ Transactions of the Highland and Agrionlturai Society of 
Scotland. ” Jn the latter, botanical n are given, and the statements 
in the following extract (p. 132) are definite en dirige 
“Tf basket-work is the main use to which t they. are to be ut, perh 
the best kind is the common white willow, Salix alba, whic h dest 
and attains a large size, yielding tannin and salicin, while, in a ition to 
its utility for basket- making, its wood is suitable for wattles, fuel, and 
chip. The common willow, Salix viminalis, is à ver ood oster for 
general purposes, being suited alike to rough and to delicate work; 
while a taller variety, t the long-leaved willow, Salix fini: growing 
to a height of 20 feet, is one of the most useful of all willow " Amon; gst 
others I would mention S. rubra and S. laurina ; ‘whilst if the 
substance salicin, obtained from the bark and nsed for medicinal 
purposes, is wanted, the species S. fragilis, or the crackling willow, is 
is be recommended as bein ing the richest in this su ibstance, and at t the 
same time yielding a fair amount of very gooi timber.’ 
On the other hand, in the Board of Agriculture pamp technical 
names are used, d it would ar from corresponde on the 
subject, that these names are limited to certain districts. In order 
determine € the different osiers T" these local names, 
cuttings of a dozen kinds, were obtained from Mr. R. Brown, Somers- 
ham, Hunts, a n actical osier grower; these on now flowered, and 
have been been definitely determined. 
1. € - E - Salix triandra 9 
2. Jelstive - - X * T 
5; — Hollander - - 5 M 3 
4, * T ” ó 
5. Old b tom new kind : ^ S $ 
6. Green gs n 5 D » 6 
7. Black Mauls g - 3 * 9 
8. Cardinal willow - - Salix alba, var. 9 
9. Golden osier - - Salix viminalis ó 
10. Cane ” n ". ” T 
11. Welsh - E i» purpurea 5 
12. Motiled Spaniards: Salix decipiens 2 
(S. decipiens is very nearly allied to "s. fragilis and is placed as a 
mere form under that species by many authorities ; others regard it as 
a hybrid.) 
According to Mr. Brown Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 12, are the best 
for basket vai (for the best class of work) while Nos . 5, 8, 9, and 10 
are for r ui ced work such as gardening baskets (for potatos, fruit, 
&c.). 
DXXIIL—WILD i a BRITISH CENTRAL 
Sir Henry Johnston, K.C. É i e s Commissioner in British 
Central Africa, pu ublished in the British Central Africa Gazette pe 
October 15th last, the following account of a ERRA wild coffee 
