128 COMMON WHITE OR CRAY POPLAR. 
rapid growth, and the varied and useful applications of its wood, cause it 
to be highly esteemed in Europe, and enable me to recommend it with 
confidence to the inhabitants of North America-. East of the river Con- 
necticut there is no tree with light and tender wood that unites these advan- 
tages. Among the Poplars of Europe and America, this species is the best 
substitute for the Tulip Tree, which is rare in the northern part of the 
United States, and whose reproduction will probably be attended with 
difficulties that do not accompany the propagation of the Common White 
Poplar. 
PLATE C. 
A branch with leaves of the natural size. Fig. 1 , A leaf from a sprout at the 
foot of an old tree. 
[See Nuttall’s Supplement, vol. l.,p. 55.] 
end or VOL. II. 
