Forestry
Red Cedar showing fruit and two styles of twigs (life size) on the same tree . SALICACEiE— THE WILLOW FAMILY The Willows are a large and difficult group. Britton and Brown .enumerate 34 species in the limits of northeastern America, and 160 on the globe, of which 80 are found in this continent. Of the 34, 9 only attain the dignity of trees. These are Ward's Willow, Peach- leaved Willow, Shining Willow, Weeping Willow, Purple Willow, Mis- souri Willow and the three herein described. Of the shrubs, two only have a special interest in woodcraft, the Pussy- willow, because of its spring bloom, and the Fish-Net or Withy Willow. Since the fruits of the Willows are born of catkins and are exceed- ingly small and difficult of study, they are not figured.
