Poplar
Poplar (Populus) - Usually forest trees of northern and temperate countries, often of rapid growth, mostly hardy in England, some giving very fine effects in the landscape, and others of value in wet woodlands. Among the best are the white, or the Abele Poplar (P. alba), and its variety Bolleana nivea, which is whiter in the foliage than the wild tree; the great P. monilifera of N. America, grown under various names in our gardens, and the most rapid grower of Poplars; the Balsam Poplar (P. balsamifera); Fremonts Poplar (P. Fremonti); P. grandidentata; P. heterophylla of N. America, of which there is a pendulous variety; P. laurifolia of Siberia; the Black Poplar (P. nigra), a native tree which has one or two varieties, one the Lombardy Poplar; P. Sieboldi of Japan; P. Simoni of China; P. suaveolens of N.W. India; P. tremuloides of N. America, and P. trichocarpa, one of the finest, and P. lasiocarpa, a native of C. China, with large and handsome leaves: a tree for the moist woodland, hardy, and of promise for our British woods.
The true Aspen is one of our native trees we may see here and there wild, in woodland places, often grouping itself very prettily. I know nothing more attractive than a group of the Aspen by the waterside or in almost any position. In Ireland, and on warm limestone soils elsewhere, the leaves become a lovely color in autumn, but not on cold soils.
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