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A DISCOURSE

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ingenious person, from whom I acknowledge to have received manyof these hints. Not to perplex the reader with the various names, Greek 9

Tliis has thick strong shoots covered with a dark-green bark; the leaves are broad, androunded at both ends; they are very smooth, sawed on their edges, and when rubbed havea grateful smell. It is sometimes called the Bay-leaved Willow, and is a tree of quick growth.The branches are brittle, which makes them improper for many purposes.

4-. SALIX (vitellwa) foliis serratis ovatis acutis giabris; serraturis cartilagineis,petiolis calloso-punctatis. Lin. Sp. PI. 1442. Willow with smooth, oval ., acute, sawed, leaves,having cartilaginous indentures , and footstalks with callous junctures. Salix sativa lutea, foliocrenato. C. B. P.473. Yellow cultivated Willow -with a crenatcd leaf. The golden willow.

This sort has slender tough shoots, which are of a yellow colour; the leaves are oval, acute-pointed, smooth, and sawed on their edges ; the saws are cartilaginous, and the foot-stalksof the leaves have callous punctures. Being very pliable, it is much planted in the Oziergrounds for the basket-maker, but it.never grows to a large $!ze.

5. SALIX (amygdalina) foliis serratis giabris lanceolatis petioiatis, stiptilis trapezi-formibus. Lin.Sp. PL 1443. ' Willow -with smooth, sp.earshap.cd, sawed leaves, having footstalks,and trapeziumshaped stipulse,. Salix folio amygdalino utrinque virente aurito. C. B. P. 43.Almond-leaved Willow with leaves which are eared, and green on both sides. The almond-leavedwillow.

This is a Willow of the middle size, sending forth.numerous, flexible, tough branches, coveredwith a light green bark. The leaves are spear-shaped, smooth, serrated, acute, eared at theirbase, and of a light green colour on both sides. The flowers are oblong catkins, which turnto a light down in the summer. There are several sorts of this species which are of inferiorvalue ; but this is generally distinguished from the others by the name of the Old Almond-leaved Willow. The branches are very tough and flexible, and when planted in the Ozierway, and grown one year from the stools, are very strong, and highly serviceable for .the

, different purposes of basket-making.

6. SALIX f~riiAGiLis)-iolns serratis giabris ovato-lanceolatis, petiolis dentato-glandulosis.Lin. Sp. PL 1442. Willow -with oval sjiearshajted, smooth, sawed leaves, and dentated glandularfootstalks. Salix folio longo latoque splendente, fragilis. Raii Syn. 3. p. 448. The crackwillow.

This grows to a middle size; the shoots are covered with a brownish bark, and very brittle,so are unfit for the basket-maker. The leaves are near five inches long, and one broad, areof a lucid green on both sides, and sawed on their edges; the catkins are long and slender,and the scales are pretty long, ’acute-pointed, and stand open. It is. commonly called theCrack Willow, from the branches being very brittle.

7. SALIX / purpurea ) foliis serratis giabris lanceolatis; inferioribus oppositis_.

Lin. Sp. PI. 1444, Willow with smooth, spear-shaped, sawed leaves, the lower of which grow