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CoMEUsrION OF THE WILLOW TREE.-
The fact oi trees being subject to sponiane-
Gus combustion Is wonde riul. though well
attestcd, and forms another of those natur-
al phenomena, which can only be explain
ed by the scientific. We read in late
number OF the Cambridge (Eng) Adrerii-
ser that the banks Of the Cam this season
have exhibited an unusual number of these
cases, occurri " principally in growing viii
lows. At one point on tie river particular
ly, the process was seen going On thorough
ly. at was really astonishing," says the
4drer,ics-, Ito look upon 4 fine willow, in
the full vigor of robust vegetable health,
pouring forth clouds OF smoke from its half
burnt stem, and doomed speedily to ex-
pire-iiself lis own funeral pile. How ex-
plain thisl How account for the fact that
this tree, yeI hale and green, covered with
a rich mass Of foliage. and fiourishing like
a green bay tree on the river bank
should suddenly burst forth into ignition,
burn like tinder To lis very core, and TO
morrow be prostratedl There is no puirues
ence-we think there can be no Fermentation
in this process. If instances Of sponta-
neous vegetable combustion thus frequent
ly happen, why dispute the analogous case
Of spontaneous animal combustionl The
tree which we observed last week, as
stated above, is now prostraie-its very
foliage charred, a vegetable ruin-as 1t
stripped, shattered, blasted, and halt-cOn-
sumed by the electric fluid.