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6 . Populus italic*, Italian or Lombardy Poplar. 
A lofty, mod fwift-growing deciduous tree, branch¬ 
ing uprightly in a pyramidal growth, fifty or fixty 
feet high—the leaves (middling-large , light-green, Jhin- 
ing) roundi(h-heart-form, acute-pointed, fmooth.— 
Native of Italy, near the River Po. (Any foil or fitu- 
eition.) 
All the fpecies and varieties of Populus are princi¬ 
pally of an aquatic nature, or that affed to grow in 
humid foils, or near waters, or moilt fituations; but 
they alfo fucceed in almoft any foil and expofure, only 
are generally the moil profperous in moifture, in which 
they fhoot up in a very fwift growth; and therefore, may 
be cultivated in all fituations, and particularly, to con- 
fiderable advantage in any low, watery, or boggy foils, 
where many other trees, Sec. would not profper, and 
in which may be cultivated, both in liandard planta¬ 
tions, for the timber, which is valued for its peculiar 
whitenefs, and light property, ufeful for many purpo- 
fes; and as under-wood, in coppices and hedges, and 
along the fidcs of rivers and brooks, or inmoift places, 
to cut often in fmall growth, for poles and fpars, for 
various occafions; though they may alfo be planted in 
any foils and fituations where they may be required for 
ufeful and ornamental planting, or for variety, in large 
plantations. 
For ufeful planting in woods, groves, coppices, for 
timber and under-w'ood, any or all the-forts may be in¬ 
troduced, both in aflemblage with other deciduous 
kinds, and in plantations wholly of the Populus kind ; 
or alfo, affociated with other aquatic trees, as willows, 
birches, &c. in moilt fituations. 
Or for ornamental planting and for variety, or to 
diverfify large tree plantations, and for (hade, (belter, 
&c. the principal forts are the Lombardy Poplar, 
White Poplar or Abele Tree, Balfamic or Carolina 
Poplar, and the Tacamahac, or any of the others oc¬ 
cafionally; but, of the above kinds, the mofi prevail¬ 
ing is the Lombardy Poplar, now in great repute for 
its-, remarkably fwift and handfome, ercd growth, 
to plant both for ornament, to form (belter, (hade, 
and blind, to particular didrifts; though all the forts 
are well adapted to join in any outward plantations, 
on the boundaries of parks, fields, fpacious lawns, and 
in any out grounds, as well as to aflemble in clumps, 
groves. Sec. in parks and other extenfive fpaces; alfo 
to form decorative plantations in any low, marlhy, or 
humid grounds, either diltind, or in concert with 
other aquatic trees, to effed the greater variety. 
But the Lombardy Poplar particularly, being a tree 
of Angularly fwift growth, furpaffing that of all other 
trees, growing with an ered, clofely-branching, py¬ 
ramidal head, arriving to a lofty ft&ture, and large 
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fize, in a few years, is peculiarly calculated for form¬ 
ing the mod expeditious plantation, either for (helter, 
(hade, or blind, as before hinted, to run up both in 
branchy, full dandards, in Angle rows, groves, and 
thickets, and to plant ciofe, hedge-ways: is alfo par¬ 
ticularly well adapted for planting in rows along any 
outward boundary, or next road (ides, both for (hade 
and blind, aforefaid, and to break off the dud in dim¬ 
mer, as it fcon runs up incredibly fwift, to a confider- 
able growth, for thefe occafions; and likewife, from its 
ciofe, branchy growth, admits of training in regular 
hedges ; and the trees admit of tranfplanting, both in 
fmall, middling, and larger growth, from three, four, 
five, or fix, to eight, ten, or twelve feet high. 
However, the Poplars in general, are eligible to 
introduce in any of the fore-mentioned orders of plant¬ 
ing, and in all of which will advance in expeditious 
growth; and that where any plantations are required 
to run up in fome confiderable growth, as foon as pof- 
fible, the Poplars are commendable in any fituation, 
where thought necelfary, or affembled with other fwift 
growing trees, or in any general plantation, of various 
forts of trees, in a diverfified manner; and are always 
eligible in moift fituations particularly. 
Trees for planting may be procured at all the public 
nurferies, of proper growth, four, five, or fix, to 
eight or ten feet high, or more ; and are ail eafily pro¬ 
pagated by layers, cuttings, and fuckers, that will 
foon advance to the above fizes, for final planting, as 
occafionally required. 
As to the feafon for planting Poplars, they being all 
very hardy, may be removed and planted any time in 
open weather, from the decay or fall of the leaves, in 
Odober or November, till March or April. 
The propagation of all the forts of Poplars, is prin¬ 
cipally by layers, cuttings, and fuckers, or fome by 
feeds. 
The layers may be of any lower, young (hoots, 
produced from (tools, near the ground, which may be 
layed in the autumn or fpring, laying the (terns of the 
(hoots into the earth, three or four inches deep ; will 
root freely, for planting off in the autumn following, 
into nurfery-rows, where train each with a clean. 
Angle ftem, and run the leading and other top-flroots 
intire, to afpire in height and full growth. 
Cuttings of the young finoots and branches will alfo 
emit roots freely, and grow, either the year old (hoots, 
or larger growths, in poles and truncheons, of two or 
three years old, of a yard or two long, occafionally 
planted in moiit fituations, or along the fides of wa¬ 
tery ditches, brooks, rivers, &c. to remain ; but ge¬ 
nerally, when intended to raife a fupply of handfome 
plants, in a nurfery, for future plantations, (hould 
have cuttings of the (trong, clean, young (hoots, of 
a fum- 
