OF FOEEST-TREES. 



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CHAP. XX. 



The WITHY, SALLOW, OZIER, and WILLOW'. 



1. SaLIX, the WILLOW. Since Cato has attributed the third place CHAP. XX, 

 to the Salictum, preferring it even next to the very Ortyard, and (what ^*-*'~y-'**^ 

 one would wonder at) before even the Olive, Meadow, or Corn-field itself, 

 I have thought good to be the more particular in my discourse upon 



' Of this GENUS there are thirty-one species, but I shall only enumerate such as are 

 planted in this country for use. The species are : 



1. SALIX ( ALBA ) foliis lanceolatis acuminatis serratis utrinque pubescentibus ; serraturis 

 infimis glandulosis. Lin. Sp. PI. 1449. Willow with spear-shaped, acute-rpointed, sawed 

 leaves, which are downy on both sides, and glands below the saws. Salix vulgaris alba 

 arborescens. C. B. P. 453. The white willow. 



This is the common White Willow, which is frequently found growing on the sides of rivers 

 and ditches in many parts of England, It grows to a l^rge size, if the branches are not 

 hipped off ; the shootsare covered with a smooth, pale, green bark ; the leaves are spear- 

 shaped, between three and four inches long, and nearly one broad in the middle, drawing 

 to a point at each end ; they are very white on their under side, and their upper side 

 is covered with short, white, woolly hairs, though not so closely as the under ; the catkins 

 are short and pretty thick. The wood is very white, and polishes smooth, on which account 

 it is much sought after for milk-pails, &c. 



a. SALIX f TRi^NDRi^ J foliis serratis glabris, floribus triandris. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1442, 

 Willow with smooth, sawed leaves, and jlowers having three stamina. Salix, folio auriculato 

 splendente, flexilis. Raii Hist. 1420, Willow with lucid-eared leaves and flexible branches. 

 The smooth willow. 



This sort grows to be a large tree ; the young branches are covered with a grayish bark ; the 

 leaves are smooth, and of a lucid green, ending in acute points ; they are eared at their base, 

 and sawed on their edges, and are green on both sides ; the branches grow pretty erect and 

 are flexible. This is frequently planted in Ozier grounds for the basket-maker. The 

 catkins are long and narrow, and the scales open and acute-pointed. 



3. SALIX ('pENT^NDKiJj foliis serratis glabris, flosculis pentandris. Lin, Sp, PI. 1442= 

 Willow with smooth, sawed leaves, arid Jlowers having Jive stamina. Salix folio laureo, seu lato 

 glabro odorato. Raii Hist, 1420, Willow with a harj-leaf, or broad-leaf, smooth and sweet" 

 scented. The sweet willow. 



