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that poplars alone are to be set out. The laaid must be 

 hoed and cultivated for the first three years. These 

 trees are often found occupying the land as a second 

 growth, after the clearance of a forest of conifers. Where 

 nothing better is to be had, this second growth may be 

 cared for, as it costs nothing, and furnishes a fair fire- 

 wood in a very short time. I cannot recommend my 



23- — Sa!!x alba — \Vhite- willow. 



readers to sow poplars ; still, for the information of 

 amateurs who may wish to do so, I may mention that 

 the seed ripens early, in June, and viust be sown at once 

 in a damp soil. "Very little covering is needed. It sprouts 

 quickly ; and if the young shoot is not visible in a few 



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