SALICINEi^ 



splitting when nailed ; does not easily burn ; used for utensils and trays, paling 

 rails, and general carpentry. 



Very generally planted, and probably indigenous. 



Name Poplar from O.F. poplicr, F. peuplie?- ; L. popuhim, ace. o? popidus, 

 'a poplar. Also known as Abele; said to be derived from Aheel, the Dutch 

 name of the tree ; said by some to take its name from Arbela, in plains of 

 -Nineveh. 



Injurions Insects : — Foliage — Red Spider {Acarus telcvrius) ; Wood — Goat 

 Moth {Cossus ligniperdu); innumerable moth-larvae feed on leaves. 



Fungoid Pest : — Sulphury AVood Rot {Polyporus sidfvreus). 



BALSAM POPLAR, Popnlus bahamifera. 



River banks, moist places. March, April. Best not exposed, owing to 

 brittle character of the branches. 



Flowers dioecious ; Male catkins, disk oblique ; Stamens 20-30, filaments 

 short, anthers red; Females lengthening to 4-5 ins., disk cup-shaped; Ovary 

 ovate, 2-lobed, stigmas 2, sub-sessile, lobes broad ; Fruit a capsule, 2-valved, 

 ovate-oblong, acute, often curved, light brown, shortly pedicelled. 



Leaves alternate, oval, approaching lanceolate, acuminate or acute, finely 

 crenately serrated, revolute, upper side yellow-green, smooth, underside whitish, 

 3-.5 ins. long, \\~Z ins. broad, very fragrant, expand very early; petioles 

 terete. 



A deciduous tree, 40-70 ft. ; Branches round, stout, erect, contorted at 

 extremities, very brittle ; Txvigs red-brown and orange to grey tinged yellow- 

 green ; Buds large, ovate, covered with fragrant resin, scales brown, shining ; 

 Wood comparatively worthless, light brown. 



Introduced from N. America, 1692. Leaves attacked by Black Poplar Rust 

 {Mclampsora populina). 



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