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Salix Bonapartii
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Klemlyn x
⟶ Updated 12 Mar 2019 ⟶
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Events
Napoleon's remains repatriated to France
Napoleon Birth
Napoleon Exiled to St Helena
Napoleon dies and buried under Willow
Francois Le Lievre visits St Helena on Whaling Ship Nil and obtains Willow Slips
French Settlers arrive at Akaroa NZ on Comte de Paris
Relic Auctioned at Hastings
Willows taken to Christchurch
Willow slip collected for British Museum
Akaroa Willow uprooted in storm
Willow planted at Versailles
Jerusalem Willow replanted at Akaroa
Salix babylonica Introduced to UK
Mr Vernon, Alexander Pope's landlord dies
General Beatson supposedly introduces Willow to St Helena
Storm shattters willow at Longwood. Madame Bertrand replants cuttings from it around grave
Longwood sold to France
Willow cuttings transplanted onto banks of Avon River Christchurch
Willows from Longwood observed growing in Te Horeke Hokianga NZ
Willow replanted at Longwood on centenary of death
Fighting French ship calls at St Helena and replants willow, raises Tricolor with Cross of Lorraine (Fighting French emblem)
Jan Smuts South African Premier facilitates replanting of willow at Longwood
Occassional table from original willow re-sold at Sotheby's auction. Vendor Hastings Museum, purchasor Maggs Books London
Willow at Woodbridge Suffolk cut down to make way for new county school
"Old Man" willow at Nelson NZ gone before this time
Willow at Kew Gardens cut down
Willows planted by JC Firth on Ohinemuri, Thames and Waihou rivers NZ
Pre-1848 Two englishmen ""farming" on St Helena make more money selling willow cuttings than farming,. Move to Otago NZ by 1848
Willows at Trenton New Jersey before this time
Mature willows documented on St Helena, not clear if salix babylonica etc
Plaque on River Avon Christchurch acknowledging origin of willows
Bicentenary of Napoleon's death
William Balcombe introduces willows to Carwoola NSW about this time
Salix Babylonica wrongly linked with Rivers of Babylon by Carl von Linne
English Weeping willow recorded growing on St Helena by Francis Duncan