. Our native trees and how to identify them [microform] : a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees; Arbres. WILLOW FAMILY '.'r"''""^"'''''''',''^'.?'''^''' 'â ""''â '''' 'â¢""""'- ^'"'1 '^-"^Idish Seed niuuitc, siuroinulcl by a tuk ..f l,,,,-, ul,ite, soft hairs. 'rhon .s;if((M-n .su^iiins .suint; ..Iflroni all lli,. uiHors So plump ihcy look like caterpillars. There is now hu, little l,la,k willow .low, left on the trees. I thiâk I see how h, ,s propagated hy its
. Our native trees and how to identify them [microform] : a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees; Arbres. WILLOW FAMILY '.'r"''""^"'''''''',''^'.?'''^''' 'â ""''â '''' 'â¢""""'- ^'"'1 '^-"^Idish Seed niuuitc, siuroinulcl by a tuk ..f l,,,,-, ul,ite, soft hairs. 'rhon .s;if((M-n .su^iiins .suint; ..Iflroni all lli,. uiHors So plump ihcy look like caterpillars. There is now hu, little l,la,k willow .low, left on the trees. I thiâk I see how h, ,s propagated hy its seeds. Its eountless seeds, j" ' .o the naked eye in the n,idst of their cotton are wafted with the co ton o the water, tnost . about ,. fortnight ago ; then they drift and form a wlnte scum together , other matter, especiallv against sotne alder or other fallen or drooping shruh where there is les! currJnt t a, .^ There w,tInn two ..r three days a great many germinate and .show their two imie rounc ,sh leaves, more or less . green the surface of the set tn sotnewhat hke grass seed in a of cotton. Manv of these are Ir f i annd the button bushes, willows and other shrubs, and the sedge along the ri e sHle, and the water just ,a. this tiu,e when thev have put'forth little 1 e hey are on the ,nud just left bare iâ the shade, an.! thus probabi a guat tuany ot then, have a chance to bec«n,e perfect plants. Hu if the.'do no get Mtto su,âc,en,ly shallow water, and are not left on the mud just at t e rtght nne proba ,ly they The mud in such places is now gr en , though perhaps the seed has often blown thither directly through â I). TllOKK.^U. This is the native willow which oftenest attains tree-like proportions in eastern North America. It is nsnallv lound leannig over the water of streams and lakes, and may be recognized hy its long, narrow, yellow gree
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