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in future mainly from these points. It is probable that young forest trees and wood for 

 cuttings of poplars and willows grown in the climate in which they are to be planted 

 will prove hardier and better adapted to the country than if grown in the east, they 

 will also reach their destination with less delay. A good supply of native tree seeds 

 can also usually be obtained in the North-west. 



Several of the varieties of Russian poplar and willow — cuttings of which have been 

 distributed from the central farm and of which there is now material in abundance for 

 further distribution at the branch farms in the North-west — are noted for their rapid 

 growth. They also make shapely and useful trees for wind breaks and shelter belts and 

 would in a few years if planted in sufficient numbers be useful for fuel. Fig. 10 repre 



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Fig. 10. — Russian Poplar. P, certinensis. 



sents a specimen of one of the best of these poplars', Populus certinensis, which was 

 planted as a young tree in the Arboretum at the Central Farm in 1889. During the 

 five years which have since elapsed, this tree has grown to a height of 25 feet or more 

 and its branches expand about 15 feet, while the trunk two feet from the ground has a 



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