Almost all willows take root very readily from cuttings or where broken branches lie on the ground. The few exceptions include the goat willow ("Salix caprea") and peachleaf willow ("Salix amygdaloides"). One famous example of such growth from cuttings involves the poet Alexander Pope, who begged a twig from a parcel tied with twigs sent from Spain to Lady Suffolk. This twig was planted and thrived, and legend has it that all of England's weeping willows are descended from this first one.