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Poplar, Large-toothed (P. grandidentdta Michx.). Eastern Canada 

 and the North-Eastern United States. Ejiown also as ''Large 

 Aspen " or " Whitewood." Height 60—75 ft. ; diam. 2 ft. S.G. 

 463. W 29. E 721 kilos. Takes a smooth finish with a satiny 

 lustre, and shrinks but Mttle. Used for clothes-pegs, turned 

 ware, and formerly for ladies' high heels ; but chiefly for paper- 

 pulp. 



Poplar, Lonabardy (P. dilatdta Ait.). Kashmir, Persia, and 

 Mediterranean area. French " PeupUer pyramidal." Germ. 

 " Pyramiden-Pappel." Span. " Alamo de ItaHa." Height 100 — 

 150 ft. ; diam. 3—4 ft. Sap wood wide, nearly white ; heart light 

 reddish-brown, easily worked. Little used, chiefly for packing- 

 cases ; but, after some years' seasoning, also for churns and 

 coach-panels. 



Poplar, NeeMaee. See Poplar, Black Italian. 



Poplar, Swiss. See Poplar, Black Italian, 



Poplar, White (P. alba L.). Central Europe, Northern Africa, 

 Northern and Western Asia. Known also as " Abele." Height 

 60 — 100 ft. ; diam. 2 — 4 ft. Sapwood white ; heart at first 

 yellowish, becoming browner, and sometimes with reddish dis- 

 colorations. Light, soft, and of little value. The Hebrew 

 " Libneh " of Gen. xxx. 37, the Xev/c^ of the Septuagint, is 

 probably P. eupkrdtica. 



Poplar, Yellow. See Tulip-tree. 



Poreupine-wood (Cocos nucifera L. : Order Palmdcece), Shores 

 of India and throughout the tropics. Height 60 — 100 ft, ; diam. 

 2 ft. W 70. The wood near the outside of this monocotyledonous 

 stem, being crowded with dense, dark-coloured fibro-vascular 

 bundles resembling the quills of the porcupine, is very hard, strong, 

 and durable. It is used in India for rafters, beams, spear-handles, 

 and other purposes ; but in England for walking-sticks, or as a 

 veneer for work-boxes and other fancy articles. 



Portia-tree. See XJmbreUa-tree. 



Prince-wood. See Cypre, Bois de. 



Puriri {Vitex littordlis A. Cunn. : Order Verh&ndcexB). New 

 Zealand. " New Zealand Teak." Height 60 ft. ; diam. 3 — 5 ft. 

 S.G. 1,100 when green, 1,000—959 when dry. W 76—59. p 223. 

 Yielding timber 9 — 18 ft. long, squaring 10—18 in. ; sapwood 

 2—3 in. wide, yellowish ; heart dark-brown, very heavy, very 

 hard, close-grained, very strong and durable. Much used for 

 posts, piles, sleepers, etc., being the strongest and most durable 

 of New Zealand timbers. 



Purple-heart of Guiana {Gopaifera pubiflora Benth., G, bractedta 

 Benth., and Peltogym venosa Benth. : Order Leguminosce), French 



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