!K> SYLVA BRITANNICA. 



THE POPLAR. 



Populus in fluviis. 



VIRGIL. 



THE Poplar may be classed among the aquatic 

 trees, though it will grow exceedingly well on 

 ground comparatively dry. There are many species 

 of the Poplar, the chief of which are the white, the 

 black, and the trembling, or aspen. Of these, the 

 Black Poplar is the most scarce in England ; it is 

 oftener to be found in Cheshire and Suffolk, than in 

 any other counties. 



THE BLACK POPLAR AT BURY 

 ST. EDMUNDS 



may probably challenge competition, both in size 

 and beauty, with any other individual of its kind in 

 the kingdom. It stands near the old monastic bridge, 

 which, with the little river Lark, that runs beneath 



