no 



THE BLACK POPLAR. 



hang on a stalk so long and slender^ that the 

 slightest breeze sets them almost spinning. 

 The bark is of a shining silvery hue. The 

 wood resembles that of the other poplars. 



" The Black Poplar, I believe, is only so 

 called, because it is not quite so white as those 

 just mentioned. In other respects, it differs 

 but little from the white poplar, and is applied 

 to nearly the same purposes. 



" The LoMBARDY, or Italian Poplar, is 

 that elegant spiry tree, which so much orna- 

 ments our plantations. 



" It is less hardy than the other sorts, and 

 its timber is of worse quality. Yet, as it 

 grows very rapidly, even at the annual rate of 

 four or five feet in height, it is of some im- 

 portance, where it can be used on the spot. 

 Being very light, perhaps the lightest of all 

 timber, it answers for packing cases. In Lom- 



