'Theatnm Botanicum , 
of fo decpe a green on the upper lide,and hoary 
white underneath, ofareatonable good fent. 
I B * 16. 
the whole forme rcprcfenting the leafe of 
Popttlm alb*, 1 Ik white Poplar irec. 
V’japopu 
Ltei. 
Coltsfoote: the catkins which it bringech forth 
before the leaves, are long and of a faint red- 
dill, colour, whichfall away like unto others 
bearing feldomegood feede with them: the 
wood hereof is fmooth, foft, and white, very 
finely waved,whereby it is much eficctned and 
ufed in many workes. Vnder this tree alfo is 
found fometimes the like?'esc or berries that 
are found under other trees. 
2. Poptflns atbaminoribus foliii. 
The (.nailer leafed white Poplar tiee. 
This other white Poplar groweth like the 
former, but the branches are more knotted 
then the former,and the barke more rough and 
white: the leaves come forth at the ends of 
the branches and fprigs,being bothfmallcr and 
lelfe divided on the efges,the catkins arefmal- 
Icr and fhorter,and nothing fo red, but tendin'* 
to a brownifb dead colour. 
-. VojkIhs nigra. 
The blacke Poplar tree. 
Theblacke Poplar groweth rather higher, 
and (freighter then the white, with a grayifh 
varlie,bearing broad and greene leaves, icme- 
what like to Ivy leaves,not cut in on the edges 
like the white, but whole and dented, ending 
in a point, and not white underneath, hanging 
by flender long footcllalkes, which with the 
ayre are almoft continually iliakcn, like as the 
Alpen leaves are : the catkins hereof are grea¬ 
ter then of the white,compofed of many round 
greene berry es.as it were let together in a long 
popitliti albaminoribus foliu. 
The imaJlcr leafed white Poplar tree. 
Popuha tig,a. The blacke Poplar i 
