Lib. 3. Of the Hiftory of Plants. 138^ 
barke thereof is fmooth, tough, and flexible : the wood is white, tough, and hard to be broken : the 
leaues are long,lefler and narrower than thofe of the Peach tree,fomewhat greene on the vpper fide 
and flipperie, and on the nether fide fofter ahd whiter : the boughes be couered either with a pur- 
ple,orelfe with a white barke : thecatkins which grow on the toppes of the branches come firft 
of all forth, being long and moffie,and quickly turne into white and foft downe,that is carried away 
with thewinde. 
1 Satix. 2 Sdix nqiuitica. 
2 The leffer bringeth forth of the head , which ftandeth fomewhat out, (lender wands or twigs,’ 
withareddilh or greene barke, good to make baskets and fuch likeworkes of: it is planted by the 
twigs or rods being thruft into the earth, the vpper part whereof when they are growne vp,is cut off, 
fo thatwhich ts called the head increafethvnder them, from whence the (lender twigs doe grow, 
which being oftentimes cut, the head waxeth greater: many times alfo the long rods or wands of 
the higher Withy trees be topped off and thruft into the ground for plants, but deeper, and aboue 
mans height : ofwhich do-gro v great rods-, profitable for many things, and commonly for bands, 
wherewith tubs and casks are bound. 
z The Sallow tree or Goats Willow, groweth toa treeofa meanebigneffe:the trunkeorbo- 
dy is foft and hollow timber, couered with a vvhitifli rough barke: the branches are fet with leaues 
fomewhat rough,greene aboue, and hoarievnderneath : among which come forth round catkins, or 
aglets that turne into downe, which is carried away with thewinde. 
4 This other Sallow tree differeth not from the precedent, but in this one point, that is to fay, 
the leaues are greater and longer, and euery part of the tree larger, wherein is the difference. (: Both 
thofe Iaft deferibed haue little round ifh leaues like little eares growing at the bottomsof the foot- 
flalkesofthe bigger leaues, whereby they may bee diftinguifhed from all other Plants of this 
kinde. f: 
5 The Rofe Willow groweth vp likewife to the height and bignefle of a fhrubby tree ; the bo- 
dy whereof is couered with a (cabbed rough barke : the branches are many, whereupon dogrow ve- 
ry many twigs of a reddilh colour, gamilTied with final] long leaues, fomewhat whitifh: amongft 
which come forth little floures,or rather a multiplication of leaues, ioined together in forme ofa 
A a a a a a z Rofe. 
