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POPULUS. 





Populus balsamifera. Linn. 

 BALSAM POPLAR, or TACAMAHAC. 



Populus balsamifera, 



Linn. syst. 45. 



Aiton's Hort. Kew. ed. n. p. 397. 

 Michaux, Arb. N. Amcr. ii. p. 237. 

 Loudon's Arb. Brit, part m. ch. ciii. p. 1673. 



The early period at which it bursts into leaf, cheering 

 the eye with the first green tint of spring, and the fine 

 balsamic odour emitted by the buds and tender leaves, 



