396 X£W EXGLAXD TIIEES IX "WIXTER. 



LOMBARDY POPLAR 



Populus nigra, var. italica Du Roi. 

 P. (lihitata -\.it. ; P. iii/rarnid'ilis Rozier ; P. fastioiata Desf. 



HARIT — A tall tree rearh ing- over 100 ft. in heigrht with a buttressed 

 tajiering. ftjiitinvnuis trunk, somet imes as nuu'h as 6-S ft. in dian:ieter 

 at base: brandies niimer(:uis, arising" In'n' on the trunk, bending up^^'ard 

 at a sharp angle with numerous branchlets also sharply ascending" to 

 fnrm a ^'ery narrow S])ire-shaped tree of deoidedly characteristic ap- 

 pearance ; spreading by mi-ans of r<.iot suckers. It tends to retain its 

 lir-iix-es t'W the lowi.r part "i the tree. iSee bark picture.) 



It.VliK — On old trees gra\- to brown, deeply furrowed, 



TAVIGS — rLCsembling thuse of Carolina Poplar but slender, round and 

 appressed. 



LKAF-SCARS — l;e.= embling those of Carolina Poplar but smaller. 



HVD8 — PLesenibling- those of Carolina Poplar but for the most part 

 appressed. distinctly smaller, terminal buds seldom (.>ver 10 mm. long 

 a n <1 lateral buds g e' n <? r a 1 1 \" ti n d e r S mm. in length. 



<:-0>rPARISOX*i — The LMjnbardy Poplar is readily distinguished from 

 all our other trees by its striking spire-shaped habit of growth. In 

 t ^^' i g characters it resembles the C a r cd i n a Poplar t.i u t the t "w i g s are 

 sleuder and the luids a^■erag■e smal ler and are mi.'ru- characteristically 

 oppressed. 



UISTRIBITIOX — A European tree much planted in this country for 

 ornament, escaping to a certain extent to rri ad sides and river banks. 



AVOOD — Light, siift. wt-ak, close-;;-i-ai ned. reddish-brown with thick 

 nearly white saiiwnnd. used to a sli.glu exteut in the manufacture of 

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