chap, cm

SAUCA'CEjE. SA'LIX,

1.515

planted, it is 31 ft. high. In the Isle of Jersey, in Saunders’s Nursery, 10 years planted, it is 30 ft.nigh. In Somersetshire, at Nettlecombe, 24 years planted, it is 34 ft. high, in Surrey, at Claremont,it is 30 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk I ft. 9 in., and of the head 45 ft.

Salix babyldnica North of London. In Berkshire, at Bear Wood. 10 years planted, it is 20 ft. high.In Buckinghamshire, at Temple House, 40 years planted, it is 30 ft. high. In Denbighshire, atLlanbede Hall, 44 years planted, it is 54 ft. high. In Oxfordshire, in the Oxford Botanic Garden,12 years planted, it is 30 ft. high. In Pembrokeshire, at Golden Grove, 50 years planted, it is 20 ft.high ; the diameter of the trunk 1| ft., and of the head 20 ft. In Radnorshire, at Maeslaugn, Castle, 50years planted, it is 42 ft. high. In Suffolk, in the Bury Botanic Garden, 10 years planted, it is 26 ft.high j at Finborough Hall, 70 years planted, it is 70 ft, high ; the diameter of the trunk 34 ft., and ofthe head 54 ft. In Warwickshire, at Combe Abbey, 10 years planted, it is 24 ft. high. In Worcester-shire, at Hagley, 10 years planted, it is 20 ft. high j at Croome, 70 years planted, it is 50 ft. high, thediameter of the trunk 2ft., and of the head 30ft. In Yorkshire, at Grimston, 30 years planted, it is25 ft. high.

Salix babylonica in Scotland. At Hopetoun House, near Edinburgh, 16 years planted, it is 20 ft.high ; the diameter of the trunk 8 in., and of the head 24 ft. In Fifeshire, at Danibristle Park, 10years planted, it is 8 ft. high. In Perthshire, at Taymoutb, 36 years planted, it is 70 ft. high ; thediameter of the trunk 3£ ft., and of the head 60 ft. In Stirlingshire, at Callender Park, 5 years planted,it is 16 ft. high.

Salix babyldnica in Ireland. Near Dublin, at Terenure, 50 years planted, it is 35 ft high. In Galway,at Coole, it is 50 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk 2$ ft, .and of the head 60 ft.

S dlix babyldnica in Foreign Countries. In France, near Paris, at Sc£aux, 40 years planted,it is 50 ft. high; the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 60 ft In Austria, at Vienna,in the University Botanic Garden, 50 years planted, it is 20 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk10 in., and of the head 12 ft. : in Baron Loudon’s garden, at Hadersdorf, near the tomb of thecelebrated Marshal Loudon, 12 years planted, it is 14 ft. high : at Briick on the Leytha, 50 yearsplanted, it is 49 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 48 ft. In Prussia, nearBerlin, at Sans Souci, 40 years old, it is 24 ft high; the diameter of the trunk 9 in., of the head 7 ft.In the south of Russia, tne tree is met with in the gardens of some noblemen, and in the govern-ment garden at Nikitka. In Italy it is frequent. In the burial-grounds of Turkey it is common ;and it may be found in various parts of India, and even in China. It is commoner in almost everyother country than in its native habitat, the banks of the Euphrates.

5 = 20. S. deci'piens Hoffm. The deceptive, White Welch, or varnished,

Willow.

Identification. Hoff. Sal., 2. p. 2. t. 31.; Sm. Eng. Bot., t. 1937.; Rees’s Cyclo., No. 37.> EngL FL, 4.

p. 184.; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 29.; Hook. Br. FI., ed. 3.; Mackay FI. Hibern., pt. 1. p. 246.Si/nonymes. S. amerlna Walker Essays on Nat. Hist. ; S. fragilis, part of, Koch Comm., p. 15.

The Sexes. Both sexes are described in Eng. FI.: the male is figured in Eng. Bot. and Sal. Wob.

u I am only acquainted with the sterile plant.” (Hook. Br. FI.)

Engravings. Hoffln. Sal., 2. t 31.; Eng. Bot., t. 1937. j Sal. Wob., No. 29. j ourfe. 1309.; and fig. 29.p. 1609.

Spec. Char., $c. Leaves lanceolate, pointed, serrated, very smooth; floralones partly obovate and recurved. Footstalks somewhat glandular. Ovarytapering, stalked, smooth. Style longer than the cloven stigmas. Branchessmooth, highly polished. {Sal. Wob., p. 57.) A nativeof Britain, growing plentifully in woods and hedges; \and flowering in May. According to Pursh, it grows HAin North America, on road sides and about plantations; •Of'but was introduced from Europe. {FI. Amer. Sept.) J®

It forms an upright, but not lofty, tree, distinguished bythe smooth clay-coloured bark of the last year’s tfjHjbranches, which shine like porcelain, as if varnished;the shoots of the present year being stained of a fine ''wred or crimson. This species is frequently cultivated "for basketwork ; and, when planted in moist ground,it produces annual shoots 6 ft. or 8 ft. in length, when cut down; but, ina few years, these gradually become shorter, and the plant ceases to beworth cultivating. The crimson colour of its twigs, in this state, readilydistinguishes it from every other species; though it is often confounded withS. fragilis. A tree in the Horticultural Society’s Garden was, in 1834, afterbeing ten years planted, 14 ft. high.

Statistics. In Oxfordshire, on the banks of the Cherwell, in Christ Church Meadow, a tree,estimated to be of 40 years’ growth, is 40 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk 3 ft, and of the head60 ft. There are plants in the Hackney and Goldworth arboretums, and at Henfield.

It 21. S. monta'na Forbes. The Mountain Willow.

Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 19.

The Sexes. The female is figured in Sal. Wob.

Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 19. j and our fig. 19. in p. 1606.

Spec. Char., S;c. Leaves lanceolate, with long, narrow, tapering points; glau-cous, and slightly hairy beneath; margins closely serrated. Branches yellow.Catkins accompanying the leaves. Ovary nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate,