100 KINDS OF TREES, 



able. * A fwamp or morafs in a park, which it 

 is not thought advifable to drain, or otherwife im- 

 prove, may be beautified by being planted with 

 poplars, either in groups, or in mixture with* 

 willows, alders, and birch. On account of the 

 quicknefs of its growth, the Poplar, even in a 

 dry foil, and pretty high fituation, very foon be- 

 comes a fcreen and a fhelter to flow growing 

 plants. 



The timber of the White Poplar, or Abele, has 

 always been efteemed the moft valuable fort. It 

 has been ufed in the flooring of rooms, in mill- 

 work, by the turner and cooper, and is faid to be 

 very durable. It takes a very fine polilh, and is 

 often employed by the cabinet-maker. The tim- 

 ber of the Black Poplar is perhaps little inferior. 

 The bark of the Black is a ftrong aftringent, and 

 a good tan. The wood of the Afpen-tree, or Trem- 

 bling 



* Excepting near the cathedral at Dunkeld in Perthshire, 

 we do not recollect of having seen a Lombardy Poplar that 

 could be looked upon with any degree of pleasure. We 

 think it a very ugly tree ; and the newly introduced Italian 

 sort promises to be little else. Indeed, many have ventur 

 ed to assert, that it is merely a play upon the vanity of pos- 

 sessing new sorts which some people display, and is not 

 really distinct from those formerly cultivated. The preva- 

 lence of poplars in the vicinity of London, and other places 

 in England, is tiresome in the extreme ; and the monotony 

 ;s nothing relieved by the accompanying tree, namely, the 

 English elm sadly disfigured. 



