. An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles. Gardening. 994 PRACTICE OF GARDENING. Part III. 7144. The Huntington or common white Lincolnshire swallow-tailed willow (S. alba) (Eng. Bot. 2430.) (fig- 67^-) grows t0 a l°fty tree, with a branchy stem, and tapering flame-shaped head. It seems com- mon to Europe,
. An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles. Gardening. 994 PRACTICE OF GARDENING. Part III. 7144. The Huntington or common white Lincolnshire swallow-tailed willow (S. alba) (Eng. Bot. 2430.) (fig- 67^-) grows t0 a l°fty tree, with a branchy stem, and tapering flame-shaped head. It seems com- mon to Europe, being found pollarded by way-sides in Sweden, the south of Russia, and Italy. As a timber-tree it produces a great bulk in a short time; and as a pollard or coppice wood, on suitable soils, it is prolific in fuel, poles, and bark for the tanner. 7145. The Upland, or red-twigged willow of Pontey {Profit. Plant. 72.), appears to be a variety of the S. alba, being distinguished from it by its hoary or silver-like leaves, and deep red shoots. The timber and mode of growth appear to be the same as those of the Huntington willow, but being of slower growth, the former is to be preferred. Of the red-twigged willow of Sang, there are large trees near Dunfermline, upwards of 60 feet high. 7146. The Bedford willow (S. Russelliana) {Eng. Bot. 1808.) {fig. 679.) is also a lofty bulky-headed tree, in general appearance and habits very much resembling the S. alba. 7147. Use. The timber may be used generally in rural economy, and the poles form a light and convenient hurdle. Pontey says, the timber is " considerably durable; a pro- perty which, it appears, may be much augmented by steep- ing some months in water, as is frequently done with oak- ; The bark of all the sorts mentioned is found to be sufficiently astringent to be now generally used by tan- ners. 7148. The best willows for osier-grounds are the following: — 7149. The common osier, Salix Viminalis. (Eng. Bot.
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