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Po pul us grandidentata, Michx. Poplar. 



"Camden: Atco, occasional. Burlington: ^"ear Moores- 

 town. Monmouth: Holmdel, and frequent in the middle and 

 northern counties." (Britton.) 



Po nnlus heterophylla, L. Swamp Cottonwood. Black Cottonwood. 

 "In wet woods. Bergen: Carlstadt ; one mile northeast 

 of "VToodbridge. Hudson : TVeehawken. Cumberland : For- 

 tescue Beach." (Britton.) 



Populus balsamiferci; L. Balsam. Tacamahac. Balm of Gilead. 

 ''Sussex: Along the Delaware river below Port Jervis. 

 Hunterdon: Holland Station, and frequently escaped from 

 cultivation." ( Britton. ) 



Populus deltoidea, Marsh. Cottonwood. 



"Warren: Along the Delaware river at several points." 

 (Britton.) 



"Among those species which grow with surprising rapidity, 

 even on poor soils, and which may be easily propagated, the 

 Cottonwood deserves first place. In speaking of this tree, in 



Fig. 8. 

 Populus ddtoidea, Marsh. Cottonwood. From Sargent's " Trees of North America. 



his bulletin on the cultivated poplars, Professor Bailey says : 

 'Taking all things into consideration, the Cottonwood is prob- 

 ably the best of the poplars for general ornamental planting. 



