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BLACK POPLAR. 



HAY-TIME BY THE POPLARS. 



BLACK POPLAR. 



RAMIFICATION. 



In autumn the shoot formed during the past summer is a 

 reddish - brown colour. The terminal bud is conical and sharply 

 pointed, and the bud-scales which enwrap it are not moulded to its 

 rounded shape, but project, giving it an angular appearance. The 

 lateral buds are smaller, and are set with their tips inclining towards 

 the shoot. Their colour is a dark purple-brown, and they are covered 

 with a sticky, sweet-scented gum. 



The ordering of the buds on the Poplar is in spirals of five 

 round the stem : in every spiral the corresponding buds are found in 

 line, one beneath the other. 



The formation of the terminal twig is unusual and interesting. 

 It represents a miniature pinnacle, studded with buds throughout its 

 whole length, in the manner already described. The buds rest on 



