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humiiis, Prairie Willow, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcoek; F u l t o n comity, Wolf. discolor, Glaucous Willow, native, V a s e y ; Cook county, Babcoek; north, Bebb. sericea, Silky Widow, native, L a p h a m . var. gracilis, Anders. The forms sericocarpa and leiocarpa occur in Winnebago county, Bebb. " F r o m S. sericea, Marsh, t h r o u g h this species, and S. a u g u s t a t a , P u r s h , to S. cordata, Muhl, an u n b r o k e n series of forms occur—the result of cross fertilization making- t h e limitation of species very difficult, if not purely arbitrary. The hybrid sericea and cordata presents very nearly t h e technical characters of S. petiolais, S m i t h . " —Bebb. adenophylla, Hook; near Chicago, Babcoek; Vasey. rostrata, Richardson; Henderson county, P a t t e r s o n ; and northward. petiolaris, Petioled Willow, native, Vasey; Cook county, Babcoek; Peoria county, Brendel cordata, Heart-Leaved Willow, native, Vasey; north, Bebb; Fulton county, Wolf. var. glancophylla, Bebb; Michigan lake shore, Babcoek; Winnebago county, Bebb. This may be specifically distinct. v a r . rigida, native north, Bebb; Cook c u n t y , Babcoek. var. myricoides, native, Peoria county, Brendel. var. a u g u s t a t a , native, Cook county, Babcoek; Peoria county, Brendel; Fulton county, Wolf. livida var. occidentalis, Livid Willow, native, Vasey; north, Bebb. lucida. Shining Willow, native, Vasey; Cook county, Babcoek; north, Bebb; Champaign county, Macauley. nigra, Black WiUow, native, Vasey; north, Bebb; Peoria county, Brendel; F u l t o n county, Wolf; Champaign county, Macauley; Cook county, Babcoek. var. falcata, native, Cook county, Babcoek. v a r . amygdaloides, native, Cook county, Babcoek. eriocephala, native, L a p h a m ; Vasey. fluviatalis, native, L a p h a m ; Vasey. fragilis, Brittle Willow, adventive from Europe, Cook county, Babcoek. Planted for b a s k e t s . alba, White Willow, adventive from Europe, Cook county, Babcoek. Planted for fences, etc. babylonica, Weeping Willow, adventive from Europe, Vasey. Planted for o r n a m e n t . longifolia, Long-Leaved Willow, native, Vasey; Cook county, Babcoek; Fulton county, Wolf; Champaign county, Macauley. var. argyrophylla, Anders; Winnebago county, Bebb. myrtilloides, Myrtle-Leaved Willow, native, Vasey; Peoria county, Brendel. POPULUS, Poplar Aspen. tremuloides, American Aspen, native, L a p h a m ; Fulton, Henderson and W a r r e n counties, Geological Survey. angulata, Ait; Hancock county, Mead. gradidentata, Large-Toothed Aspen, native, Vasey; Peoria and Winnebago counties, B endel; Fulton county, Wolf. heterophylla, Downy Poplar, native, L a p h a m . " P r o b a b l y native in the s o u t h . " — Vasey. Wabash and Jackson counties, P a t t e r s o n . alba Abele or White Poplar, planted from E u r o p e for o r n a m e n t . Grows rapidly and sprouts inveterately. dilatata, Lombardy Poplar, planted for o r n a m e n t from E u r o p e . Only staminate v a riety. nigra, Black Poplar, planted from E u r o p e for ornament. monilifera, Cottonwood. Necklace Poplar, native t h r o u g h o u t t h e state. The most r a pid growth of all soft-wood trees, and about as valuable as any of those t h a t are easily p r o p a g a t e d . There is a yellow variety which Nutall appears to have endeavored to distinguish as a larger species, as the yellow-wood which Mr B r y a n t and J u d g e Whiting pronounce much superior to the common t r e e s . The cottonwood m e a s u r e d at Mt. Carmel by Mr. Ridge way was 165 feet high, with 75 feet of t r u n k and 19 of girth. One measured by Prof. Swallow, in Mississippi county, Mo., was 125 feet high and 30 feet in circumference. balsamifera, v a r . candicans, Balm of OiUad, native, L a p h a m . Cultivated for o r n a ment.

C O N I F E R S — P I N E FAMILY.

PINUS, Pine. ponderosa, Heavy Wooded Pine, planted for o r n a m e n t from the Rocky Mountains. Hardy. sylvestris, Scotch Pine, planted for ornament, shelter and timber, from E u r o p e , ' p e r h a p s t h e most rapid grower of the pines. austriaca, Austrian Pine, planted from southern Europe for ornament, e t c . Hardy. pungens, Table, Mountain or Prickly Pine, not hardy, north. mitis, Yellow Pine of the North, short-leaved, yellow pine, south, native, J a c k s o n and Union counties, Forbes Mr. Brendel reports hearing of a pine near t h e m o u t h of the Big Muddy, in Jackson county, which he conjectured to be of this species as t h a t occurs on the opposite side of t h e Mississippi, in Missouri. There is a P i n e Hill in Union county which may derive its n a m e from the same or a like fact. The pines noted by t h e state geologist as occurring above the heavy bedded sandstones in the edge of Clark county, south of Grandview, I p r e s u m e to be t h e same species. B r y a n t says, " i t grows sparingly in southern Illinois, and I have seen small t r e e s among t h e s a n d h i l l s at the south end of Lake M i c h i g a n . " I t does