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POPULUS. 



f r mm 



Popidus fastigiata. Desf. 

 LOMBARDY POPLAR. 



Populnsfastig ia ti t , 

 Pop. dilatata, 



Desf. Hist. Arb. ii. p. 469. 



Loudon's Arb. Brit, part in. ch. ciii. p. 1610. 



Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. in. p. 406. 



Willd. sp. pi. it. p. 804. 



In its close fastigiate growth and cypress-like form, which 

 seems to be retained during the whole of its existence, the 

 Lombardy Poplar is too conspicuous not to be imniedi- 



