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much the aspecc of a tree covered with white blossoms. 
This effect is the more striking, when it is situated in front 
of a group or mass of the darker foliage of other trees. 
It is valuable for retaining its leaves in full beauty to the 
latest possible period in the autumn. Its growth is very 
rapid, forming a line rounded head of thirty feet in 
height, in six or eight years. 
The Lombardy poplar is a beautiful tree, and in certain 
situations produces a very elegant effect ; but it has been 
planted so indiscriminately, in some parts of this country, 
in close monotonous lines before the very doors of our 
houses, and in many places in straight rows along the high- 
ways for miles together, to the neglect of our fine native 
trees, that it has been tiresome and disgusting. This tree 
may, however, be employed with singular advantage in 
giving life, spirit, and variety to a scene composed entirely 
of round-headed trees, as the oak, ash, etc., — when a tall 
poplar, emerging here and there from the back or centre 
of the group, often imparts an air of elegance and animation 
to the whole. It may, also, from its marked and striking 
contrast to other trees, be employed to fix or direct the 
attention to some particular point in the landscape. When 
large poplars of this kind are growing near a house of but 
moderate dimensions, they have a very bad effect by com- 
pletely overpowering the building, without imparting any 
of that grandeur of character conferred by an old oak, or 
other spreading tree. It should be introduced but sparingly 
in landscape composition, as the moment it is made com- 
mon in any scene, it gives an air of sameness and formality, 
ana all the spirited effect is lost which its sparing introduc- 
tion among other trees produces. The Lombardy poplar 
