AMENTIFER^. 261 



POPTJLUS, Linn. 

 6 27. P. alba, Z. 



River-sides and moist meadows ; rare. Tree, March, April, 

 * 1. P. eu-alba, Syme. P. alba, L. (Bab.). White Poplar. Butch Abele. 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 382 ; iii. 507. Syme E. B. viii, t. 1299. 

 II. Staines Moor Farm. Hanworth Park. Sunbury, by the Thames, fine 

 trees, 

 III. Harrow G-rove ; Mclv. 72. 

 IV. Hampstead ; Irv. MSS. 



VI, Finchley Common ; Lane near the ' Orange Tree,' Colney Hatch ; Herb. 



Hardw. 



VII. [In a low meadow turning up a lane at the further end of Black svall ; 



Ger. 1302,] Kilburn, 1815 ; Herb. G. # B. 



Introduced from Holland, probably not long before G-erarde's time. 



Loudon mentions specimens upwards of 100 feet high, on the banks of 



the Thames bet. Hampton Court and Chertsey. {Arb. et Frut. 1644.) 



2. P. canescens, Sm, Grey Poplar. English Abele. 



P. alb. similis fol. non incanis, ^c (Doody). Cyb. Br. ii. 383; iii. 508. 



Syme E. B. viii. t. 1300. 

 I, Pinner Place, probably introduced. Hind. 



II. By Hampton Court! ; Doody MSS. Several bushes by the towing 

 path bet. Hampton Court and Kingston Bridge. 



III. Group of large trees by the river near Twickenham Church. By the 



Cran near Mother Ive's Bridge. 



IV, Bishop's Wood, Road bet. Finchley and Hendon ! ; "Newb. 

 VI. A clump of fine trees near Warren Lodge, Edmonton. 



Probably native, but often planted. 



First record: Gerarde, 1597 ; also first as British. 



628. P. tremula, L. Aspen. 

 P. lybka, Matth. (Johns., Blaekst.). 



Cyb. Br. ii. 384. Syme E. B. viii. t 1301. 

 Moist woods and heaths ; rather rare. Tree. April. 

 I, Harefield.'; Blaekst. Fagc. 80. Harrow Weald Common. Near 

 Potter's Bar. 

 IIL Hounslow Drilling Ground ! ; Newb. By the Cran near Hounslow. 

 IV. Hampstead Wood ; Johns. Erie. Bishop's and Turner's Woods, 

 abundant, Edgware. 

 VII, Hornsey Wood. 



First record: Johnson, 1629. 



629. *■ P. nigrra, L. Black Poplar. 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 384. Syme E. B. viii. t. 1302, 



Near rivers and in damp places ; rare. Tree, March. 

 I. Harefield ; Blaekst. Fasc. 80, Pinner Hall, &c. ; probably planted ; 

 Melv. 73. Wood Hall, Pinner. 



