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A fine young specimen at Bartram is about 

 fifty feet high and eighteen inches in diame 

 ter. 



7. P. DILITATA, Aiton. Leaves smooth on 

 both sides, acuminate, serrate, wider than 

 their length. Lombardy poplar. A well- 

 known and formerly very popular tree, on 

 account of its easy and rapid growth, and 

 singular fastigiate appearance. Though in 

 little demand at present, there are many 

 situations in which it is singularly effective 

 as where horizontal lines prevail, or highly 

 artificial scenery. In the fall, the leaves turn 

 to a rich golden yellow hue, equalled by few 

 other trees. They also remain on to a late 

 period of the season. 



Propagated as No. 1. 



8. P. GILECA, Alton. Leaves cordate, ovate, 

 acuminate, serrate, serratures somewhat claw 

 ed, glandular at the base, petioles compressed. 

 Athenian poplar. Native of the islands 

 in the South of Europe. 



An irregular, somewhat spreading-headed 

 tree, growing often to fifty feet high. In 

 Europe, this is sometimes mistaken for P. 

 heterophylla, Linnceus, which may have given 



