The quantity of osier thus treated seems immense, and yet the demand is said to be steady, and as the year advances the price of the willow rises.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
The osier should not stand in water, or rise, as it were, out of a lake-the water should be in the soil underneath, and the level of the ground higher than the surface of the adjacent stream.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
In some districts the osier plantations give employment to a considerable number of persons.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies