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a nuisance. The best way to eradicate a Poplar scrub is 

 to clean-cut and then knock off all green shoots as fast as 

 they appear. This starves and kills the roots. Poplar is 

 in large demand for match boxes, cheap furniture, and a 

 variety of purposes, supplies from Colonial sources only 

 partially meeting the demand. It should be more largely 

 grown in suitable situations on upland farms. Poplar trees 

 by their droppings rapidly improve the soil and usually 

 keep it free from all other growth. The Poplar bush on 

 farms is a feature throughout S. Africa, but the moisture 

 requirements of Poplars set a limit to any large extent of 

 cultivation. Kaise from slips. 10,000 seeds to the ounce. 



Populus fastigiata. LOMBARDY POPLAR. 



A leaf shedder. The close upright variety of the Black 

 Poplar. Often planted as a wind break ; easy enough to 

 rear from slips. In the Colony it rarely grows as lofty as 

 in Europe. 



Populus monilifera. COTTON WOOD. 



A leaf -shedder. Common by the side of watercourses in 

 America. On a rich soil and with plenty of water it grows 

 faster than the common white Poplar. I have known 

 instances in which it has grown even faster than the Blue- 

 gum. Its wood is useful for the same purposes as other 

 Poplar woods. Grows freely from slips. 



Populus nigra. BLACK POPLAR. 



'A leaf-shedder. Usually less profitable to plant than 

 the common Poplar, but generally hardy enough. Like 

 the other Poplars it wants good damp soil, and grows 

 easily from cuttings. It is liable, especially near the 

 coast, to run to a thicket of thin short stems. This is what 

 happens in the Knysna forest country. 



