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great vigour. • A- friend of mine has planted thdrri 

 6n high and dry ground, where they have alfo- ex- 

 ceeded every kind of tree planted with them; the 

 wood has all the apparent properties of this fpe- 

 eies, and promifes to be excellent for turners, and 

 other ufes. Its appearance is by far the moft beau- 

 tiful of any of the poplar, abele, or afpen kind, that 

 has fallen within my obfervation^ the bark is of a 

 greenifh yellow colour, delicately fmpoth, the 

 branches grow in a Very pleafing and compad formj. 

 the colour of the leaf in fpring is a beautiful fage 

 green, growing darker as the fummer approaches, 

 the under fide becomes then of a light colour, the 

 upper of a darkifh green, forming a medium be- 

 tween the afpen and populus alba, or abele tree. 



I have been thus particular in my defcription of 

 this tree, not knowing but it may be found in other 

 places, and that fome of your correfpondents may 

 be induced to propagate it. Its beautiful appear^ 

 anceand rapid growth point it out to thofe gentle- 

 men who plant for ornament j and as no tree that 

 I have feen is fo cheaply propagated, is lefs delicate 

 as to foil, or is fooner produdive, it is confequently 

 a primary objedl to the man who plants for profit. 



On No. 5, 6, and 7, I have to remark, that the 

 tranfplanted oaks, though for a few years they 



fufFered 



