CIIAPTEE IX. 



I* Simple Alternate Leaves. 



2. With teeth. A. Edge not divided. 

 THE POPLARS. 



White Poplar. 



Although 



P. Alba. 



Abele Tree, the white 

 ulus alba. i 



poplar, or, 

 as it is frequently 



called, abele tree, 

 is not American, 

 it lias become so 

 familiar through 

 wide cultivation 

 in this countrv 



i 



that I must give 

 it especial notice. 

 It may be iden- 

 titled easily by 

 the extremely white, 

 cotton v look of the 



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