26812. POPULUS SR Poplar. 



FromMr.FrankN.Meyer,Orianda,Cri- 

 mea, Russia . Species with white trunk 

 and remarkably pyramidal habit, at- 

 taining 80 feet. They branch out and 



Joe 1 ; the?r Trrramida?. cr^.rTO whom old. 

 Of yalue in"Westem States for wind* 

 breaks and as ornamental park trees. 



33206. POPULUS SR Chopo 



Poplar. From Pedro Giraud, Granada, 



Snain, at the request of W.-T. Swingle, 



c :': ire £r.reaa cf Plant Industry. Re* 

 m b Liable 'form of poplar with true 

 Is . • ai branches almost completely 

 at sent* allowing of very close plant- 

 ing. Rapid grower, producing large 

 f •.••-.£: titles cf timtber suitable for scaf- 

 folding or lumber for small packing 

 bor.es. 



27721. POPULUS ALBA. Poplar. 

 From Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Tifiis, 

 Caucasus, Russia. Var. pyramidaiis. A 

 tall, fast-growing, pyramidal poplar, 



haying a yery white trunk. Suitable 

 •^breaks and as avenue trees in 

 the mild-wintered senriarid sections. 



30057. POPULUS ALBA BOL- 

 LEANA, White poplar. Through Mr. 

 Frank N. Meyer, from Upal, Chinese 

 Turkestan. The pyramidal white des- 

 ert poplar, called "Suda terek." The 

 j^'i ^i^vj^^i i-..ti.ijer vrce o*. '^jukiiicst! a nris.* 

 estan, valuable also as an ornamental 

 tree ai;d windbreak in the irrigated 

 i egfoms^oi: tire United States where the 

 summers are hot and the winters are 

 fairly cold. 



22363. POPULUS BALSAM- 

 IFERA SUAVEOLENS. Poplar. 



£ 5 £\ Frank N. Meyer, Shiling, 

 Cmnii, Cfiinn. A remarkable variety 

 of the small-leaved Chinese poplar of 

 very pyramidaJteabit; looks like the 

 Lomfcarcty poplar, bat makes a more 

 pleasing impression; thrives in a 

 sandy, moisture-retaining soil. 



30147. POPULUS NIGRA. 



Lombardy poplar. Through Mr. Frank 

 N. Meyer, from Bas-lengar, Chinese 



Turkestan, called "Tagh Terek." 

 Grows to te^ very large and is sing- 

 ular^ y iree from galls or diseases; 

 fei^auijry v/eli^ adapted to semi-arid 

 c;r,;uii-;ciiS, and desert regions under 

 irrigation. May prove unusually 

 hardy. 



