14.86 
Of the Hiitory of Plants. 
-I B. 
*J The Defcription. 
i 'T'He white Poplar tree commeth foone to perfection, and groweth high in fhorttime/uli 
of boughes at the top : the barke of the body is fmooth, and that of the boughes is like- 
wife white withall : the wood is white.eafie to be cleft : the leaues are broad, deeply gaihed,& cor- 
nered like almoft to thofe of the V ine,but much leffer, fmooth on the vpper fide, glib, and fomwhac 
greene ■ and on the nether fide white and woolly : the catkins are long, downy, at the’firffofa pur- 
plilh colour : the roots fpread many waies,! y ing vnder the turfe,and not grow ing deepe, and there- 
fore it happeneth that rhefe trees be oftentimes blowne dovvne with the winde. 
X P op ulus Ma. 
The white Poplar tree.- , 
j* ,r, T lC b | aCk , P ° ! - ar , trC e ‘ j as h [S h as the white, and now and then higher, oftentimes fuller of 
i? ? wl * athlcker bod y : the barke thereof is likewife fmooth, but the fubffance of the 
whaHon^^ h £ nd n ° C f0 , W l Ite A fuller ° f veines > and not fo eafily cleft:the leaues be fom- 
nehh ° S H V u r, “7"?’ the ftera ’ fliar P at the P«int, and a little fnipt about the edges 
ne h r whlt e nor wooHyJrke the leaues of the former, but of a pleafant greene colour : araon "ft 
felues before ° ng f S ^ ^ catklns > whlch do turtle j nto clufters : the buds which fhew them- 
whf t ° f P ° pl ,f r i$ alf ° a S rcat tree : the barke and ft'bftance of the wood is fome- 
ofeauiin ni,n’ C "7 ‘ "r Pf > f S § arn , ifted with m ™Y brittle and tender branches, fet full 
° n S a manner round, much b: lacker and harder than the blacke Poplar, hanging vpon lon<r 
OneSothi' ftil wauarin W d mak e a great noifeby being beaten 
the nam< of the A f- rnt jy CatlCrI . ,c ca, " lc ’ aa<j fcarce an y winde blowing ; and it is knowne by 
S£ : the ,oots bcreofare ftron ^ and ^ decpcrinto tiie § roiind 
l 4 (I T . hlS ftran §, e Poplar, which fome docall Papains rotund, folU'm En°difb the round leaded Pnn 
lar of India, wamha great tree, bedcd with many goodly ttvj^iebrancheibTOiighandlimm^lite 
the 
