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The leaves of the firll fort are rounder, and not nuich j ed too noal* the plcafure-o;ardcn, becaufc the katkins 

 above half the fize of thofe of the fourth j they arc 

 indented on their edges into angles, and are downy 

 on their under fide, nor are their under furfaces of fo 

 dark green. 



kin.*^ are longer 



The flioots of this are paler, the kat- 

 nd the down of the feeds is whiter 





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The leaves of t!ie third fort are oval, heart-fhaped, 

 and nightly crenated on their edges ; they are fmooth 

 on both fides, and of alight green colour. The kat- 

 kins of this are fhorter than thofe of the tv^^o former. 

 The fifth fort grows naturally in Carolina, where it 

 becomes a very large tree. The flioots of this fort 

 are very ftrong in England, and are generally cor- 

 nered; they have a light green bark like fome forts 

 of the Willow. The leaves upon young trees, and 

 alfo thofe upon the lower flioots, are very large, al- 

 inoft heart-fhaped, and crenated, but thofe upon the 

 older trees are fmaller ; and as the trees advance, their 

 bark becomes lighter, approaching to a grayifli co- 

 lour. The katkins of this fort are like thofe of the 

 black Poplar, and "the fummits of the ftamina are 



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The fiioots of this tree while young, are frequently 



froft 



killed down a conliderable length 



by the 



in 



winter -, but as the trees grow older, their fhoots are 



. not fo vigorous, and become more ligneous, fo are 



.,4 not liable to the fame difafter; but the trees fliould 



be planted in a fneltered fituation, for as their leaves 



J are very large, the wind has great povverj^ver them, 



'.- and the branches being tender, they are frequently 



.' broken or fplit down by the winds in the fummerfea- 



\-.fon, where they are mucK cxpoled. ■ ' ■ .,..,.1_ ....... 



,. The fixth fo^'t grows naturally n\Canada, and in other 



.^ parts of North America ; this feems to be a tree of 



. irjddling growth, and docs not fpire upward, but 



. ^ fends out many fhort thick flioots on every fide, which 



are covered with a light brown bark, and garniflied 



;:-, with leaves differino; from each other in fliape and 



f'rfize, mofl" of them almoft heart-fliaped, but fome 



^ Cval, and others near to fpear-fliaped^ they are whi- 



■ tifli on their under fide, but of a dark green on their 



'.-Tipper,- 'The katkins are like thofe of the black Pop- 



.^.Mar, but the number of fl:amina in the male flowers is 



.^.vwncerialn, from eighteen to twenty-two. The female 



.-.flowers 1 have not fully examined, but by the male 



^■katkins I have been induced to place it in this' genus. 



J,. Thefe trees 'may be propagated either by 'layers or 



^ ,. cuttin2:s, which will readily take root, as alfo from 



^fuckers, which the white Poplars fend up from their 



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^ , roots in great plenty ; but thefe'afe lefs valuable than 

 Cthofe propagated by ^uttingsV, being more liable to 

 ■ fend up fuckers. The bell time for tranfplantin"; 

 . thefe fuckers is m 06lober, when their leaves begin 

 * to deca^.ivThefe may be placfed in a nurfery for two 

 ^f. or three years to get ftrength, before they are planted 

 ijj^out where they^are defigned to remain ^ but if you 

 intend to propagate them from cuttings, Tt is better 

 ' to defer the doing of that until February, at which 

 o.timc you may plant truncheons of two or three feet 

 / loner, thrufliins: them about a foot and a Half into the 



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and down which fall from thefe trees, will make a 

 prodigious litter in the fpring. 



The white forts, as alfo tlie Afpen-tree, likewife caufe 

 a greater litter in the fpring, when their katkins and 

 downfall off^v and their roots being very apt to pro- 

 duce a large quantity of fuckers, hut efpecially thofe 

 trees that came from fuckers, v/hich renders them un- 

 fit to be planted near a houfe or garden ; but when 

 they are interfperfed with other trees in large planta- 

 tions, they afibrd an agreeable variety, their leaves 

 being very white en their under fides, which, when 

 blown with the wind, are turned to fic-ht. 

 A confiderable advantage may be made by planting 

 thefe trees upon nioifl: boggy foils, where few other 

 trees will thrive. Many fuch places there are in Eng- 

 land, which do not at prefent bring in much money 

 to their owners j whereas, if they were planted with 

 thefe trees, they would, in a very tew years, over 

 purchafe the ground, clear of all expence^ but 

 there are many perfons, who think nothing except 

 -'. Corn v/orth cultivating in England ; or if they plant 

 timber, it muft be Oak, Aih, or. Elm; and if their 

 land be not proper for either of thefe, it is deemed 

 little worth ; whereas if the nature of the foil was 

 :• examined, and proper forts of plants adapted to ir, 

 y there might be very great advantage made of feveral 



■ large tracts of land, which at this time lie nc2;le(Sed. 

 The wood of thefe trees, efpecially of the Abele, is 

 very good to lay for floors, where it will lafl: many 

 years ; and for its exceeding whitencfs, is by many 

 perfons preferred to Oak ^ but being of a fofc contex- 



( ture, is very fubjeft to take the imprefllon of nails, 



■ &c. which renders it lefs proper for this purpoTe : it 

 is alfo very proper for v^^ainfcotting of rooms, being 

 lefs fubjed to fwell or flirink, than moft other/orts 

 of wood; but for" turnery ware,' there is no wood 

 equal to this for its exceeding whitenefs, fo that trays, 

 bowls, and many other utcnfils, are made of it ; and 



. the bellows-makers prefer it for their ufe, as do alfo 



the flioemakers, not only for heels, but alfo for the 



foles of flioes j it is alfo very good to make lig::ht 



carts, and the poles are very proper to fupport Vines, 



._ Hops, &:c. and the lopping will aff^brd good fuel, 



, - which in many countries is much wanted. 



,. The Carolina Poplar may alfo be propagated by cut- 



_jing3 or layers •, the latter is generally praftifed by the 



J, hurfery gardeners, being the furefl: method ; and thefe 



'*.; plants are not fofuU of moift:ureas thofe railed by cut- 



'tings, fo are lefs liable to be cut down by the, froft 



when young. _, There has been no trials made here of 



the wood of this tree, fo I cannot give any account of 



its "svorth.' 



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Thefe will readily take root, and if the foil 



.'^'r be moift in which they are planted, they will a*rrive 



■"•i, to a confiderable bulk in a few Years.^--v^^' - . ■; ,. 



'^ ■ ^' The black Poplar is not fo apt to take root from 



, larrre truncheons, therefore it is the better metliod to 



..plant cuttings about a foot and a half in length, 



1 thrufl:ing them afoot deep into the ground; thefe 



will take root very freely, and may be afterward 



tranfplanted where they are to remain. This fort v/ill 



,. grow upon almoft any foil, but will thrive beft in moift 



■ ; places. .".'■^" . ,■ , ■ ■ - . "- '• 



, . 1 have planted cuttings of this tree, which in four 

 . years have been bigger in the trunk than a man*s 

 .. thigh, and near twenty feet in height, and this upon 

 a very indifterent foil; but in a very moift foil, it is 

 . common for thefe trcfs to flioot eight or ten feet in a 

 fcafon ; fo that where a perfon hath a mind to make a 

 , Ihclter in a few years, there is fcarce any free fo proper 

 r that purpofe as this ; but they Ihould not be plant- 



The Tacamahacca fends up a great number of fuck- 

 ers from the roots, by which it multiplies in plenty, 

 .-and every cutting which is planted will take root; 

 -fo that when a plant is once obtained, there may 

 foon be plenty of the plants raifed. The buds of this 

 are covered with a glutinous refin, v/hich fmells 

 ry ftrong, and. this is the Tacamahacca ufed in the 



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PORRUM. Tourn.Inft. R. H. 382. tab. 204. Al- 

 -vlium. Lin. Gen. Plant. 370. [in Greek is called -sTpa- 



ifrom, Tiff ^ij, "to enkindle, as being a plant that 



excites a warmth in the body.] Leek. 



'■"i"'The Characters are, - i- i 



cA The fio^jfer hath Jtx hell-Jhaped petals^ which are cclletlei 



-r into a fpherical headj covered by a cormnon rcundijh fpa- 



' tha or fieath^ which opens ononejide^ and withers. Thefe 



:: ' havejix Jlamina^ three of which are alternately broader 



than the other ^ and have forked fummits in their /niddle. 



^ They have a fhcrt^ founds three-cornered ger/ne?:, fup^ 



porting aftngle ftyle^ crowned by an acute Jiigrr.a. The 



. germen afterward becomes a fl:ort broad capfule with thrcs_ 



lobes-, having three cells filled zvith angular feeds. 

 ' This genus of plants is joined to Linns^us's genus of 

 Allium, which is ranged in the firft feftion of hia 

 fixth clafs, including the plants whofe flowers have 

 fix ftainina and one ftyle. The joining of thefe ge- 

 nera together is allowable in a iy^zni. of botany, but 



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