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numerous, produced all round the stems, conical, 

 and pale red in colour the little shoots of the 

 spray being from half an inch to an inch in length. 

 In the Grey Poplar (Populus canescens) the bark is 

 smooth to the touch, and brownish-grey in colour ; 

 the buds are small, terminal, conical, and reddish- 

 coloured; and the spray stout, and much-divided, 

 the ends pointing upwards symmetrically, and the 

 conical form of the whole resembling that of the 

 Lombardy Poplar. The bark of the spray of the 

 Abele Poplar (Populus alba) is smooth, and light 

 grey in colour ; the buds are all round the shoots, 

 conical and red-tipped, terminal, and small in size ; 

 and finally, in the Lombardy Poplar, the bark of 

 the spray is smooth in texture and light brownish- 

 grey in colour, and the spray is much inclined 

 upwards, the angle at which it leaves the shoots 

 being very acute, and the buds small, abundant, 

 and blunt in form. 



Their wintry greenness is perhaps, joined to the 

 smoothness and glossiness of the bark, the most 

 noticeable feature of the spray of the Willow. 

 Upon the bark is also, oftentimes, found splashes 

 of reddish-brown. In all the Willows the grading 



