. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 758 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. of China, and other parts of Asia ; and of Egypt, and other parts of the North of Africa. Height 39 ft. to 50 ft. Introduced in 1730, or, perhaps, 1692. Flowers greenish yellow ; May. Varieties. There is one very decided variety, commonly treated
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 758 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. of China, and other parts of Asia ; and of Egypt, and other parts of the North of Africa. Height 39 ft. to 50 ft. Introduced in 1730, or, perhaps, 1692. Flowers greenish yellow ; May. Varieties. There is one very decided variety, commonly treated as a species under the name of S. annularis; and Mr. Castles of the Twickenham Bo- tanic Garden is of opinion that, exclusive of this variety, there are two forms of the species in the country, one of which he thinks may possibly be the male plant. This form, as it appears to be the same as the plant sent from St. Helena, we shall, till something further has been decided respecting it, call S. b. Napoledna. The varieties will, therefore, stand as under: — S S. 6. 1 vulgaris fosm, Hort. — Young shoots pale green, slender, with an angular twist above the axil of each leaf, and large stipules. It is the most common weeping willow in the neighbourhood of Lon- don, and flowers in June. t S. b. 2 Napoleonsi Hort. — Shoots round, generally reddish, and the leaves without stipules. Sex female. Probably nothing more than the common variety. Introduced from St. Helena in 'i 1823. t S. b. 3 crispa Hort. S. annularis Forbes in Sal. Wob. No. 21.,. crispa. with a fig. of the female ; the Ring-leaved Willow. Our/^. 21. in p. 794!. ; and the plate of this tree in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vii.; and our fig. 1442. — Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, serrated, curled or twisted, glabrous, and glaucous beneath. A well-known ornamental tree in universal cultivation. S 20. S. DECi'pjENS Hoffm. The deceptive. White Welsh, or varnished. Willow. lacniifiiatian. Hoff. Sal., 2. p. 2. t
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