, ta ' -n r nr tlipir iifps in rural ceconomy, than as ornamental trees or 
The Willows in general are more diftingmlhe 9 de f cr i p tion, and with them we may rank the prefent 
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or trees. 
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themfelves, quickly died their catkins, which make a litter. 
quence in determining this fpecies ; towards the top they are angular or grooved in a greater degree than any 
other Willow I have examined— if is not ufnal for Willows to flower fprlng an4 autumn, but we have fre- 
quently found this fpecies to do fo. 
In its tree flate, it grows fparingly in the hedges about town ; in the ofier grounds it is not uncommon, 
being cultivated as a Bafltet Willow— it flowers the beginning of May— the bark has more altringency but 
lefs bitternefs than the Salix pwnandra, and has been found efficacious in curing intermitting levers. 
We ftrongly fufpea that the amygdalina is no other than this fpecies, 
