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richer soils than in our mountains, where it is found mostly in 

 Utah, it attains the dimensions of a large forest tree; but, as 

 found here, it is seldom more than sixty feet in height, and a 

 foot in diameter. 



Transplanted to the Station grounds, it has not proved to 

 be especially thrifty, and is unattractive, lacking symmetry, 

 being too open-headed, and having a paucity of spray and foli- 

 age. The leaves indi- 

 vidually, however, are pp 

 unrivalled in beauty. 

 They are small, very 

 thin, heart-shaped, fine- 

 ly toothed, and are sup- 

 ported by long slender 

 leaf-stocks which are 

 flattened laterally so 

 that the foliage is put 

 in motion by the slight- 

 est breeze, and the rust- 

 ling of the leaves can 

 be heard and their 

 trembling can be seen 

 in the stillest summer 

 weather a charm in- 

 deed, to any lover of 

 trees. The Aspen is 

 usually transplanted 

 from the mountains, 

 though it grows readily 

 from cuttings. 



The specimens aver- 

 age, in this experiment, 36 feet in height and 23i inches in cir 

 cumference. The wood is light brown in color, soft and weak; 

 weight 25 pounds per cubic foot. Though a pleasing tree in its 

 wild state, it is hardly to be recommended for transplantation. 



Narrow-leaved Cotton wood. (Populus angustifolia James.) 

 This Poplar has received no attention in the experiment under 

 consideration, but opportunity offers to give a cut, Fig. 6., 

 showing three trees growing in a neighboring village, and since 

 the species is frequently found under cultivation in the State, 



. 6 Narrow-leaved Cottonwoods transplanted 

 fourteen years. 



