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ovaries, which are more ovate ana less pointea, and 

 remain green, even when ripe, and have the styles 

 shorter than the stigmas. Both the male ana female 

 catkins are more erect while in flower" 



Varieties. — As with so many trees 

 there are varieties, but from the fores- 

 ter's point of view they are no good. 

 Botanists now class the Yellow Willow 

 (S. vitelline?) as a variety of the white, 

 but from our point of view the trees 

 are distinct in colour, form, and size, 

 as is at once apparent where the two 

 kinds are seen growing side by side. 

 Hybrids between the White and the 

 Crack Willow come nearer 

 to our tree in dignity and ef- 

 fect, but when we plant the 

 White Willow it is better to 

 have nothing to do with any 

 but the true form, always, 

 where possible, raised from 

 seed ; and nurserymen who 

 grow Willows should take 

 note of this need. 



Although among the 

 greater trees we do not admit 

 hybrids or varieties, it is well 

 to give the list of varieties, hy- 

 brids, and synonyms from a 

 botanical point of view. Some 

 of these forms are valuable in 

 gardens. Some of the hybrids 

 take the tree form, and others 

 entered here as forms are in 

 the living state quite distinct 

 in stature, form, and colour. 



S. alba (L.). 



„ arelatensis (Delav.). 



„ argentea (Wiram.). 



„ auvea (hort.). 

 ,, ,, paid ula (hort.). 

 ,, ,, Souchetii (hort.). 



„ carulea (W. Koch). 

 ,, ,, pendula (hort.). 



,, latifolia (Anderss.). 



S. alba Icucophylla (hort.). 

 micans (Anderss.). 

 micvophylla (And.). 

 ovalis (Wimm.). 

 regalis (hort.). (And.). 

 splendens (Bray). 

 vividis (Wahlenb.). 

 vittellina (W. Hoch). 



auvca (hort.). 

 auvantiaca (hort.). 

 britzensis (Spaeth.). 

 flava (hort.). 

 pendula (hort.). 



,, nova (hort.). 

 Souchetii (hort.). 



Hybrids. 

 S. alba x babylonica 

 „ x fvagilis (Mey.). 

 » „ X nigricans. 

 ,, ,, x pentandra (Ritschl.). 

 ,, ,, x tviandra. 



SYLVANUS. 



WHITE WILLOW, HIGHCLERE PARK. 



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