THE BLACK POPLAR. 



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The Black Poplar is a tree of very rapid growth, and 

 attains a great size. It is consequently often planted as 

 an ornamental tree, though within the last thirty years its 

 place has been much usurped by foreign species. The 



BLACK POPLAE 



bright green colour of its foliage, never at rest and spark- 

 ling in the light of the sun, especially after a summer 

 shower, is very pleasing to the eye. The seeds when ripe 

 are invested with tliick cottony down, and being carried 

 away by the wind, frequently produce trees in situations 



