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POPULAGO, Marfh-marigold. 

 Toe Characters are ; 



The Flower conffls of federal 

 Leaves, which are placd circularly , 

 and expand in form of a Rofe ; in the 

 middle of which rifes the Pointal, 

 which afterward becomes a membra- 

 naceous Fruit ; in which there are fe- 

 deral Cells, which are, for the mcfi 

 part, bent downward, collecled into 

 little Heads, and are full of oblong 

 Seeds. 



The Species are ; 

 I. Populaco fore majore. Tourn. 

 Marfii-marigold with a large Flow- 

 er. 



r. Populaco fiore minore.Tourn. 

 Marfti - mangold with a fmaller 

 Flower. 



3. Populaco fore pleno. Toum. 

 Marfh - marigold with a double 

 Flower. 



The two nrft Sorts are very com- 

 mon on boggy and watry Places in 

 divers Partb of England, and are fel- 

 dom cultivated in Gardens : but the 

 third. Sort, which is a Variety from 

 the fecond, is preferved in Gardens 

 for its fine double Flowers. 



This Plant is propagated by part- 

 ing of the Rcots in Autumn, and 

 mull be planted on a moill Soil, 

 otherwife the Flowers will not be 

 near lb fair, nor will the Plants thrive. 

 Thefe are very proper to place in 

 very wet Parts of the Garden, where 

 few other Plants will thrive ; and 

 will afford an agreeable Variety du- 

 ring their Seafon of Flowering, which 

 is from the Middle ofJp il until the 

 Latter-end of May: fo that they are 

 worthy of a Place in every curious 

 Flower-garden. 



POPULUS, The Poplar-tree. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Leaves are brood, and, for the 

 nt-'fi part, angular: the Male Treei 

 produce amentaceous Flowers, which 

 kwue many little Leaves and Apices, 



but are barren : the Female Trees pro* 

 duce membraneous Pods, which open 

 into two Parts, containing many Seeds, 

 which have a large Quantity of Down 

 adhering to them, and are collecled into 

 Spikes, 



The Species are ; 



1. Populus alba, mi nor i bus foli' 

 is. C. B. P. White Poplar, with 

 fmaller Leaves 



2. Populus alba, majorilus fali- 

 is. C. B. P. White Poplar, with 

 large Leaves, commonly call'd the 

 Abele tree. 



3. Populus tremula. C. B. P. 

 The trembling Poplar, or#fpen-tree. 



4. Populus nigra. C. B. P. The 

 black Poplar -tree, by fome falfly 

 called the Cotton-tiee. 



5. Populus alba, folio minore 

 variegato. The whrte Poplar, with 

 itriped Leaves. 



6. Populus nigra Caroliniana, 

 folio maximo, gemmis balfamum odo- 

 ratiffunum fundentibus. Catefb. The 

 Carolina black Poplar, with the 

 largelt Leaf ; from whofeBuds ilfcies 

 a very fweet Balfam. 



Thefe Trees may be propagated 

 either from Layers or Cuttings, 

 which will readily take Root ; as al- 

 fo from Suckers, which the white 

 Poplars fend up from their Roots in 

 great Plenty. The belt time for 

 traniplanting thefe Suckers is in 

 Oclober, when their Leaves begin to 

 decay. Thefe may be placed in a 

 Nurfery for two or three Years, to 

 get Strength, before they are planted 

 out where they are defign'd to re- 

 main : but if you intend to propagate 

 them from Cuttings, it is better to 

 defer the doing 01 that until Ftbru- 

 ary ; at which time you may plant 

 Truncheons of four or five Feet long, 

 thrufting them about a Foot into the 

 Ground : thefe will readily take 

 Root j and if the Soil be moift in 

 which they are planted, will arrive 



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