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extremity of which descends obliquely an appendage of 

 considerable length. When, therefore, a strong breeze 

 detaches the seed from its parent tree, it is readily upborne, 

 and proceeds through the air, spinning round and round, 

 till falling either on the earth or into water : in the one 

 it becomes stationary, and is drawn into the earth by the 

 agency of rain or earth-worms ; in the other, it still moves 

 onward, in quest of a resting-place, the appendage sinking 

 about an inch in the water, and serving as a ballast to the 

 tail and bullet-shaped body, which answer the purpose 

 of a mast and rudder. 



One of the finest specimens of black poplar may be 

 seen at Bury St. Edmund's, rivalling even those of Italy, 

 and, according to the testimony of Strutt, attaining to an 

 elevation of ninety feet, being in girth fifteen feet, and 

 containing five hundred and fifty-one feet of solid timber. 



Aquatic trees are soon affected by atmospheric changes, 

 and occasionally present bright hues. Such, especially, is 

 the case with some kinds of our foreign kindred, which 



