CHAPTER IX. 



I. Simple Alternate Leaves. 



2. With teeth. A. Edge not divided. 

 THE POPLARS. 



White Poplar. ALTHOUGH 

 Abele Tree, the white 



Xus alba. , 



poplar, or, 

 as it is frequently 

 called, abele tree, 

 is not American, 

 it has become so 

 familiar through 

 wide cultivation 

 in this country 

 that I must give 

 it especial notice. 

 It may be iden- 

 tified easily by 

 the extremely white, 



cottony look of the 

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P. Alba. 



