. American forestry. Forests and forestry. WILLOWS FUR PROTECTING RIVER BAXKS On the River these great mats are built to prevent the water from washinK away the banks. In the background are seen barges loaded with willows, while in the foreground men are seen completing the mat. willow leaf, and strikingh- like those of the peach tree. The glossy leaf or shining willow {Salix liicida) is a small bushy tree or tall shrub that grows from Newfoundland to Pennsylvania, Manitoba and Nebraska. Its name gives the key to its chief distin- guishing characters; it has heavy, dark-green, glo
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. WILLOWS FUR PROTECTING RIVER BAXKS On the River these great mats are built to prevent the water from washinK away the banks. In the background are seen barges loaded with willows, while in the foreground men are seen completing the mat. willow leaf, and strikingh- like those of the peach tree. The glossy leaf or shining willow {Salix liicida) is a small bushy tree or tall shrub that grows from Newfoundland to Pennsylvania, Manitoba and Nebraska. Its name gives the key to its chief distin- guishing characters; it has heavy, dark-green, gloss\- leaves and highh- polished brown or \-ellow- ish bark on its twigs. Pussy willow, also called glaucous willow {Salix discolor). rarely grows to be more than 20 or 25 feet high, and is usually a shrub. Wherever it grows, from Nova Scotia to Manitoba, south to Delaware and Missouri, its flowers are well known and wel- comed as a sure sign of the coming of spring. The catkins are thick and oval, and at first seem to be covered with gra\- fur because of the abundance of silky hairs that clothe the flower scales, but later the catkins turn yel- low as the flowers develop. The leaves are coarsely toothed on the margins, bright green above, and covered with a whitish bloom on the lower surfaces. Bebb's willow {Salix bebbiana) is found from the lower St. Lawrence valley to Hudson Bay and Alaska, south to Pennsylvania, Minnesota, South Dakota and through covered by moist soil, rapidly forms roots and shoots, and develops into a tree. Willow twigs snapped off by the wind often take root in the soft soil in which they lodge. As may be surmised, freshly cut stumps of willow trees send up numerous and \-igorous sprouts. In Europe, and occa- sionally in America, willow trees are pollarded, that is, the tops of the trees are cut some distance above the ground to permit the sprouts to grow into numerous large branches, forming a spread- ing, rounded head. The black willow {Salix nigra) gr
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