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angle as that of tlie latter from tlie stem, and 

 the spray is given off at a similar angle from 

 the twigs, and all — branches, twigs, and spray 

 growing from all sides of stem, branches, and 

 twigs with uniform regularity — produces a round- 

 ness of form which gives an especial aspect of 

 symmetry and grace to this tree. 



A handsome and striking object, when seen as 

 a full-grown tree, is the Abele Poplar (page 160). 

 Its trunk, oftentimes rising to a considerable height, 

 almost erect, or bent but slightly from the perpen- 

 dicular, occasionally reaches a height of fifty feet 

 before commencing to branch. Takingalong sweep 

 upwards and outwards, the limbs fork irregularly 

 in opposite directions, divide into stout branches 

 and these into long, pendant spray. The limbs, 

 after forking, stretch away from each other at 

 wide angles, branches parting from these on the 

 same principle, and the length of the resulting 

 twigs and spray causing the drooping of the 

 latter. The spray from the lower branches often 

 droops considerably, giving a weeping character 

 to this part of the tree, not always shown to 

 quite the same extent in the upper branches. 



