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Several foreign kinds of poplar flouriffi 

 well with us, and are introduced into plan- 

 tations. The Po or Lombardy poplar has 

 lately become a great favourite from its 

 quick growth, and the eafe with which it is 

 reared in all iituations. It is particularly 

 planted in ftreets and roads for the purpofe 

 of a fcreen j and on the borders ofnurfery- 

 grounds, to fhelter other plants. It grows 

 in a very regular tapering form, its nume- 

 rous branches fpiring upwards into a cone. 

 It makes a handfome figure in full foliage, 

 but has too much of a broom-like appear- 

 ance in the winter. 



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