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POPULUS -DIVERS IFOLI A. -1 .'■ POPLAR * 
"A desert poplar(Populus diversif olia) , - which 
although it does hot grow as fast as the Eucalyptus, 
will- stand more- cold and alkali." From photograph by 
Mrs Frank N . Meyer-, near Yak~kuduk, Chinese Turkes- 
tan,- February -19, 1911, Of this poplar Mr. Meyer al- 
so says": "They have absorbed so much alkaline - matter 
that. ' when wounded,- a strongly alkaline sap oozes 
out " leaving white crystalline streaks on the 
trunks. The wood also, when cut, exhibits many 
crystals;: The wood is used by the natives to make 
water-buckets, troughs and barrels. Recommended as 
ah ornamental park tree and as a tree for fuel in 
arid .ahd semi-arid regions where the soil is vary 
sandy;, or of a strongly alkaline nature, where the 
summers are intensely hot and dry, but the winters 
not too cold. " ■ 
