The new international encyclopaedia . ersons, of whom 18 were merchants having ashare in the expenses of the expedition. InJuly, 1553, a storm on the coast of Norway dis-persed the fleet. Two of the ships went into theiiarbor of Arzina, in Lapland, where the crewsand passengers perished during the rigors ofthe winter, the ships and bodies being found someyears later together wiHi Willoughbys journaland will. The third vessel was wrecked, but afew of her crew escaped to Archangel. WILLOW (.\S. iiili(/, of uncertain ctymol-ogv), : A genus of plants of the naturalorclcr SalicaeciP. The (low
The new international encyclopaedia . ersons, of whom 18 were merchants having ashare in the expenses of the expedition. InJuly, 1553, a storm on the coast of Norway dis-persed the fleet. Two of the ships went into theiiarbor of Arzina, in Lapland, where the crewsand passengers perished during the rigors ofthe winter, the ships and bodies being found someyears later together wiHi Willoughbys journaland will. The third vessel was wrecked, but afew of her crew escaped to Archangel. WILLOW (.\S. iiili(/, of uncertain ctymol-ogv), : A genus of plants of the naturalorclcr SalicaeciP. The (lowers are naked, thestamens from one to fivi; in number, the leavessimple and deciduous. There arc fully 160 spe-cies, but their precise number is not likeh- to besoon determined, as varieties are very numerousand many hybrids are known to exist. They aremostly natives of the cobler temperate regionsof the Northern Hemisiihcre, although some arefound in warm countries, as Halix tetrasperma inthe hottest parts of India. Most of them are. eHJNINQ-LEATED mLLOW (SalJK luCidR). shrubs, and some are of very humble growth, par-ticularly those of Arctic and Alpine , tSalix herbacea, which is common on themountains of Scotland and fartlier north, seldomrises more than an inch from the ground. Salixarctica and Xalix polaris are the most northernwoody i)hints. Other small species are alsofound at the limits of perpetual snow in variouscountries. Some of those which more generallyreceive the popular name willow are trees oflarge size and remarkalily rapid growth. Thewood of some of them, as the white willow orHuntingdon willow (,^alix alba), and the crackwillow (i<alix frafiilis), is used for many pur-poses, being remarkably liglit and soft, but toughand durable, especially in damp situations. Cork-cutters and others employ it for whetting sharp-edged implements. It is used for making pad-dles of steamboats, because it wears better inwater than other kind of wood. Willows
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