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aspen. There are good weeping forms of the large-toothed aspen 

 (Populus grandidentata), but they are apt to be too stiff for the 

 best effects fn a drooping tree. There are yellow-leaved or varie- 

 gated forms of some species, of which the best is the variety of 

 the cotton wood known as Van Geert's golden poplar. 



The best single species of poplar for general planting in 

 New York, is probably the common cottonwood or Carolina pop- 

 lar (Populus monilifera). The second choice is the new Russian 

 species known as Populus Certinensis (properly P. laurifolia). 



L,. H. BAILEY. 



