The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova ScotiaConsidered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerceTo which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees .. . on of about twentyto thirty feet, with a trunk of twelve to eighteen inches indiameter. When in full bloom, which is with the first ex-pansion of the leaves, in May, the numerous and large bright-yellow catkins, loading the branches, emulate the finest Acaciaof New Holland; they are also agreeably fragrant,
The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova ScotiaConsidered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerceTo which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees .. . on of about twentyto thirty feet, with a trunk of twelve to eighteen inches indiameter. When in full bloom, which is with the first ex-pansion of the leaves, in May, the numerous and large bright-yellow catkins, loading the branches, emulate the finest Acaciaof New Holland; they are also agreeably fragrant, and attractswarms of wild bees and other insects, in continual motionamong their weaving branches. We have seen this noble spe-cies nowhere in such perfection as along the banks of the deepWahlamet and the wide Oregon, whose numerous islands arealmost exclusively decked with this imposing Willow, whichcontinues to the Blue Mountains, and along the neighboringstreams as far east as the river Boisee. As we sailed along thesmooth bosom of these extensive streams, for many miles we neverlost sight of the Long-leaved Willow, which seemed to dispute thedomain of the sweeping flood, fringing the banks of the streams and concealing the marshes entirely from view; at every instant,74 Salix specrosa. LONG-LEAVED WILLOW. 75 when touched by the breeze, displaying the contrasted surfaceof their leaves, above of a deep and lucid green, beneath thebluish-white of silver: the whole scene, reflected by the w^aterand in constant motion, presented a silent picture of exquisitebeauty. Immediately behind this foreground of spreading Wil-lows arose, in the first rank of the legitimate forest, the loftyPoplars we have already described, succeeded by the majesticOaks and Maples, while the distant hills to their summits wereimpenetrably hid by the vast towering Pines and Firs, which,mingling as it were with the clouds, close in the rest of thelandscape with funereal grandeur. This species is re
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