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The two firft Sorts are very 

 common on boggy and watry 

 Places in divers Parts of EngUmI, 

 and are feldom cultivated in Gar- 

 dens : But the third Sort, which 

 is a Variety from the fecond, is 

 preferv'd in Gardens for its fine 

 double Flowers. 



This Plant is propagated by part- 

 inc^ of the Roots in Autumn, and 

 niuft be planted on a moiil: Soil, 

 otherwife the Flowers will not be 

 near fo fair, nor will the Plants 

 thrive. Thefe are very proper to 

 place in very wet Parts of the Gar- 

 den, where few other Plants will 

 thrive, and will afford an agreeable 

 Variety during their Sealbn of Flow- 

 ering, which is from the Middle of 

 uipril unril the latter End oi May; 

 {6 that they are vv-orthy of a Place 

 in every curious Flower-Garden, 



POPULUS 5 the Poplar-Tree. 

 The Characiers are^ 



The Leaves are broad, ami for the 

 moji part angular ; the Mfile Trees 

 •produce amantaceous Florvers, which 

 have many little Leaves and Apices, 

 but are barren : The Female Trees 

 troduce membranaceous Tods, rchich 

 epen into trvo Farts, containing many 

 Seeds, -which have a large ^lantity 

 of Down adhering to them, and are 

 colhcied into Spikes. 

 The Species are; 



J. PoPULus 5 alba, mincrihus fo- 

 Jiis. C. B. P. White To::ar, with 

 fmaller Leaves. 



1. Pop'JLus ; al6a, j?iajoribus 

 fcUis. C.B.F. White ^oplar,^Anth 

 large Leaves, co'aimonly calld. The 

 Abele-Tree, 



3. PopuLUs; frcmtila. C. j5. P. 

 ^he Trembling Vcplar, or Afpen- 

 ^rec. 



4. FoPULusj nigra, C.B.F. The 

 ^lack Fopiar-Tree, by feme falfly 

 ^/M The Cotton-TreCo 



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5*. PopuLUs j albci, folio minor tt 

 variegato. The white Foplar, with 

 ftrip'd Leaves. 



Thefe Trees may be propagated 

 either from Layers or Cuttings, 

 v/hich will readily take Root, as 

 alio from Suckers, which the white 

 Foplars fend up from tjieir Roots 

 in great Plenty. The bell: Time 

 for trafplanting thefe Suckers, is in 

 October, when their Leaves begin to 

 decay. Thefe may be plac'd in a 

 Nurlery for tv-jo or three 'Years, to 

 get Strength, before they are planted 

 out where they are delign'd to re- 

 main : But if you intend to propa- 

 gate them from Cuttings, it is 

 better to defer the doing of that 

 until February; at which time you 

 may plant Truncheons of four or 

 five Feet long, thrufting them about 

 a Foot into the Ground : Thefe 

 will readily take Root, and if the 

 Soil be moiil in which they are 

 planted, will arrive to a confiderable 

 Bulk in a few Years. 



The black Foplar is not fo apt to 

 take Root from large Truncheons, 

 therefore 'tis the better Method, tp 

 plant Cuttings about a Foot and a 

 half in Length, thrufting them a 

 Foot deep into the Ground : Thefe 

 will take Root very freely, und may 

 be afterwards tranfplanted where 

 they are to remain. This Sort 

 will grow upon almoft any Soil, 

 but will thrive beft in moift Places. 



I hive planted Cuttings of this 

 Tree, which in four Years, have 

 been bigger in the Trunk than a 

 Man's Tliigh, and near twenty Feet 

 in Height, and this upon a very 

 indifferent Soil; but in a moifl Soil, 

 it is common for thefe Trees to 

 flioot twelve or fourteen Feet in a 

 Seafon : So that where a Perfbn 

 hs'-h a mind to make a Shelter in a 

 few Years, there is fcarce any Tree 



