CHAPTEE XIV. 



P O P L A B. 



Populus. 



No tree in all the grove but has its charm, 

 Though each its hue peculiar ; paler some, 

 And of a wannish grey : the willow such 

 And poplar, that with silver lines his leaf." 



" LOOK at that formal row of poplars : what have they to 

 recommend them?" Thus men speak, said a stately 

 poplar. I often hear those ungracious speeches; and 

 yet classic poets celebrate our family, and Homer compared 

 the fall of Simoisius to the overthrow of a noble tree. 



