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PLANTS USEFUL IN THE ARTS.

species has been considered as useful for tanning Iratl pr. The char-coal of the Willow isaKo much in demand for making gunpowder.

144. SALIX viminalis. The Osier. —These are cultivated in wateryplaces for making baskets, which are become a profitable article, andare the shoots of one season's growth cut every winter. The speciesbest adapted to this purpose, besides the common osier, are

The Salix vitdlina. Golden Willow.

The Salix monandria. Monandrous Willow.

The Salix iriandria. Tmndrous Willow.

The Salix mollissima. Silky-leaved Willow.

The Salix slipularis. Auriculated Osier.

The Salix purpurea. Bitter Purple Willow.

The Salix Helix. Rose Willow.

The Salix hamlertmna. Eoyton Willow.

The Salix Furbyana. Basket Osier.

The Salix rubra. Green Osier.

The Salix nigricans. Dark Purple Osier.

145. SAMBUCUS nigra. Elder.— The timber of the Elder is use-ful for making musical instruments, and the berries made into wineand fermented make a useful and valuable beverage. A variety withgreen berries is much esteemed fur wine also.

146. SORRUS Ancvparia. Quicken-tree, or Mountain-Ash. —lathis part of Britain we usually find this tree in plantations, w here it isvery ornamental; and the berries, which are of a line scarlet, arethe food of many species of birds. The wood is also useful for posts,&c. and is considered lasting.

147. SORBUS dumeslica. True Service. —Produces a fruit muchlike the Medlar, and when ripe is in great esteem. The only tree inthis country in a wild state, is growing in Bewdley Forest, Worcester-shire.

148. SPARTIUM Scoparium. Broom. —Ts a very ornamental plant,and is used for making besoms. It was once considered as a specificin the cure of the dropsy, but is now seldom used for medicinal pur*poses.

149. STAPHYLEA jtinnata. Bladder-nut.—- This is not a commonplant in this country. E know of no other use to which it is applied,but its being cultivated in nurseries and sold as an ornamental shrub.The seed-vessel, from whence it takes its name, is a curious exampleof the inflated capsule.

150. TAMARUC gallica^ A sbmb of large growth \ and being less