THE POPLAKS 



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THE POPLARS 

 catkins necklace downy 



Do you remember these buds ? 



From some of them came red cater- 

 pillars. 



No : not caterpillars. We 

 must say catkins. 



Or we may call them poplar 

 flowers. 



But they look like caterpillars. 



After the catkins had fallen to the 

 ground the leaves came. Here they are : 



This is one of the commonest of city trees. 

 It grows very rapidly even in the city. 



