point of view than the original species, while selected specimens 
2 Feom the swamps and woodlands may occasionally present striking 
_ and unique habits of growth. 
Mr. Clarence Wedge: This is a paper I appreciate very 
- guide. I would like to ask Judge Moyer what the black pop- 
ar is and whether the hopwood, sometimes called the ironwood, 
is adapted to exposed situations at all? 
Judge Moyer: The black poplar was sent out under the 
name of Populus betulifolia, or birch leafed poplar, but in read- 
ing the bulletin published by Prof. Bailey, of Cornell, I found 
t was the black poplar of Europe, and the proper name was 
Populus nigra, and it is now found in the forests of New 
England, However, it is a European tree and properly 
named the black poplar. Itis more thrifty than the cotton- 
_ Mr. Wedge: Is it ever called the Norway poplar? We have 
_a tree with us that is called by that name. 
_ Judge Moyer: I presume possibly it may be the same thing. 
‘va ‘It is the common poplar of Europe; perhaps it is the same 
thing. One question you asked in regard to the hop tree. I 
 ealled it by the name of hop tree, but it is always called iron- 
wood. 
Mr. Wedge: Is it adapted to common use? 
Judge Moyer: Its leaves stay on all winter; in that respect 
it is like our red oak. It is common at our place on the bluffs. 
_ LThave not been so very successful in introducing it on the dry 
_ bluffs. I think it has to be treated the same as hard maple. 
Mr. Lord: Did you ever succeed in getting the seed? 
Judge Moyer: No, I have not. 
Mr. Lord: Does it grow large? 
Judge Moyer: It never grows very large. 
_ Mr. Elliot: I have seen it a foot through. 
Judge Moyer: It is very common through the Minnesota 
valley, along the Minnesota river. It is said to grow at Miner 
Lake; so it is a hardy tree. It grows about as fast as the box 
elder, and is a very handsome, attractive appearing tree. One 
peculiarity aboutit is that the leaves always hang with one edge 
up so as to give the tree a sort of tropical appearance. It is a 
peculiarity of the leaves that the edges always turn up. The 
only objection I have to the tree is that it leaves out very late 
in the spring; it is about the last tree to obtain its foliage. It 
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