. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, photo-descriptive . Trees. Handbook oe Teees of the ISToetiieen States and Canada. 9c The Glaucoua Willow rarely attains a greater heiglit ijian 20 or 25 ft. or greater diameter of trunk than 12 or 14 in., and com- monly 13 no more than a large shrub with numerous crooUed stems from a common base. When it attains the stature of a tree it de- velops a rather wide rounded top with numer- ous upright or arcliing branches and short trunk. It is the common Pussy Willow in the parlance of childrfn, who hail with d
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, photo-descriptive . Trees. Handbook oe Teees of the ISToetiieen States and Canada. 9c The Glaucoua Willow rarely attains a greater heiglit ijian 20 or 25 ft. or greater diameter of trunk than 12 or 14 in., and com- monly 13 no more than a large shrub with numerous crooUed stems from a common base. When it attains the stature of a tree it de- velops a rather wide rounded top with numer- ous upright or arcliing branches and short trunk. It is the common Pussy Willow in the parlance of childrfn, who hail with delight its enlarging hairj' catkins as the first evidence of approaching spring, and gather bunches of its branches for home decoration. The tree is indeed at this season a handsome object, and when in full flower the humming of numerous bees among its branches tells us that they find in its flowers their first harvests after their long winter's rest. It is an abundant species, growing along the banks of streams and low wet meadows in company with other Willows, Ashes, Arbor-Vitoe, etc. Its wood is occasionally used for charcoal. A cubic foot when absolutely dr)' weighs Lrnrrs convolute in the bud, narrow oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, 2-o in. lon-j:, acute at both ends, remotely crenate-serrate, pubescent at first but finally glabrous thick and firm, dark green above, glaucous white beneath with broad midribs; stipules scmicordate and commonly caducous ; winter buds rather lai-i*e, purple and lustrous. Flowers in earliest spring, before the leaves, in dense erect sessile aments. 1 in. or more in length, pale tomentose with dark red and finally blackish scales covered on the back with long silky white hairs; stamens 2. witli long glabrous filaments : ovary villous with short style and entire spread- ing stigmas. Fruit ca!) narrow tonicat pubescent and with long Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally e
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