310 Trees for Shade and Ornament 
Other willows havigg some desirable points are S. tncana, Schrenck, 
(325), S. rosmarinifolia Willd. (zncana), (326), a shrub of very fine foli- 
age, and S. argyrocarpa Anders. (327), a native shrub of beautiful satiny 
luster. 
Entirely distinct from all the rest by reason of its larger, broad, dark 
green, extremely glossy, almost leathery foliage, and its round, com- 
pact, dense head, is S. pentandra Linn. (328) (aurtfolia), Laurel Leaf 
Willow from Europe and Asia, adapted for narrow streets as well as 
small places, on points which make an accentuation desirable, and for 
quickly screening out objectionable surroundings, also for hedge work 
and for seashore planting. 
SASSAFRAS 
Sassafras. S. officinale Nees. (Sassafras) (329), a small, native tree, 
of wide distribution; with roundish outline; among the best ornaments 
for small places, pleasing and picturesque in its variegated color effects 
of foliage, fruit, and bark, and its conical to roundish or flat outline, 
with shelving, horizontally spreading branch habit. The peculiar 
yellowish-reddish tint of the oddly lobed foliage, turning reddish brown 
to orange in autumn, is heightened by the reddish basis of the leaf- 
stalks, the bright reddish, small fruit, and the greenish to yellow bark 
of branchlets and gray-brown color of stems and branches; the latter 
peculiarly furrowed, giving it ‘‘an appearance of age and adding 
antiquity to a new place.” Its yellowish flower clusters in early spring, 
about leafing time, and its long leaf period are additional claims for 
more extended use. On dry, light, sandy loam, in warm and sunny 
positions, it develops best. Although with a long tap-root, it is easily 
transplanted when young. Being dicecious, z.e., male and female 
trees separate, care should be taken to secure the female trees. Gen- 
erally free from insects and fungi but liable to sucker. Used in single- 
ness, or as a filler in woodland planting and large borders. 
TAMARISKS 
Tamarix. Of the sixty species found around the Mediterranean, in 
India and Japan, there are three species worthy of more attention than 
they have received. They are most exquisite, delicate, shrub-like trees 
of airy appearance, with minute, pale green foliage, slender, lithe, 
