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C H A P T E R XVL 



The P O P L a p.. TREE. 



The Species are : 



1. The white Poplar. 



2. The black Poplar. 



3. The trembling Poplar, or Aspin. 



4. The Abel E. 



5. The white Poplar, with ftrip'd leaves. 



6. The Lombardy Poplar. 



7. The Carolina black Poplar. 



8. The Balfam Poplar from Canada. 



9. The berry-bearing Poplar from Canada. 



I SHALL begin with the four kinds of this tree firft mentioned, 

 that have long been commonly known to us, and then pro- 

 ceed to the others that have but lately been introduced to this 

 coxmtry. 



The firft, fecond, and third forts, are w^ith the greateft eafe 

 propagated by cuttings, planted in February or March ; and tho' 

 the fourth will likewife grow in that way on moifl ground, yet 

 it more readily fucceeds by fuckers taken from the roots of old 

 trees, of which everyone produces great numbers. Thefe cut- 

 tings or fuckers being planted in the nurfery, in lines, two and 



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