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. The blackc Poplar tree isas high as the white,and now and then higher,oftentimes toiler o 

 boughes,and with a thicker body : the barke thereof is likcwife fmooth, but thefubftanceot t e 

 wood is harder,yeIIovver,and not (b white,fuller of veines,and not fo eafily clefctbc leaues be o - 

 what long.and broad below toward the ftem, (harpe at the point, and a little fnipc about tnee ,_ , 

 nettherwhitc nor woolly, like the leaucs of the former, but of a pleafant greenc c °'° u !, ; am .? e J,. 

 which come forth long aglets or catkii *' ' ' '~~~ 



felucs before the leaues iprirn* our,arc 

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3 The third kinde of Poplar is alfoa great tree: the barke and fubftance of the w ™ 1 (ct{u \i 

 what like that of the former : this tree is garnifhed with many brittle and tender brancne , 

 of leaues, in a manner round, much blacker and harder than the blacke Po P Iar ^ 3ng 'K beaten 

 and flender ftems>wb,ich are for the mpft part ftill wauering,and make a great noiie byo ^^ 

 one to another,yea though the weather be calrae^nd fcarce any windc blowing^ a ^ xoatl • 7 - 

 dic nameofthe Afpen tree; the roots hereof are ftroriger,and grow deeper ntftn ° 

 thofc of the white Poplar. 



which come forth long aglets or catkins, which do turne into clufters : the buds which aW 

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4 This ftrange Poplar,which fome docal Vofulus rotunMfolia.in EngliftVbe ro ^^ Jjke 



larof India,waxeth a great trec,bedeft with many goodly twiggie branches,tougn ^ e 



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