The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-12
yl.Uu For the Record.
TREES AND SHRUBS OF OHIO,
BY REV. C. II. WARREN.
ABELR or Silver-leaf Poplar.
[Populas Albd.

ued in our ornamental planta,
tions; the more so perhaps be.
cause lis an exotic. 1t will in
a favorable situation grow to a
large S re in a very short time;
it seems to prefer deep loamy
soil, where it rises up grandly
with a strong trunk and
branches shooting far out on
every side. The leaves are di,
vided into lobes, and tOothed
on the margin, smooth and
very deep green on the upper
surface, and densely covered
with a soft, close, white down
beneath, and when stirred by
the passing wind, the snowy
whiteness of the under foliage
give the tree very much the
aspect of one covered with
white or silvery blossoms. The
timber of this handsome tree is
much frmer than that of any
other member of its family, be-
ing sometimes employed in
making floors, in which case it
forms as handsome a floor as
the White Pine or White Ash.
In the early spring, before the
out-spreading branches are
clothed with their exceedingly
rich and silvery garb, the
highly ornamental flowers ap,
pear clustering all over the
widespread and numerous
branches. / am we'll aware
that objections are made to
this elegant tree as an orna
mental one; and many think it
should altogether be discarded;
because it annually sends up a
great amount OF suckers; but |
don't think that those objec-
tions should seriously initiate
against it. Certainly as an or
namental tree if can have few
if any superiors. When locat.
ed singly on scme beautiful
lawn, where the soil is deep
and fertile, it will in few years
develop its charming glories;
standing up majeStically to the
height of forty or fifty feet,
spreading its greyish white
branches far out over the deep
green grass below, while its
leafy garniture is being agita.
ted by some gentle passing
breeze, lifting up the soft and
silvery side, it is an object ol
rare beauty and deep admira-
ton. AS sober autumn steals
apace, and melancholy clusters
around distant Objects and
while chilly winds from the
north bring biting frosts, scat>
tering it over creations vast
expanse, and while the foliage
of the maple and ash with that
of thousands of other trees and
shrubs assume their rich, var
led and gorgeous robes, this
beautiful poplar stands up ele'
gantly, clothed with all that
deep green foliage, as when
the warm days Of midsummer
iell brightly upon it; not until
the late autumn rouses all Its
clustering train do the sill
very leaves drop silently and
slowly from the numerous
branches. As a tree to EN-
bellish the streets OF our towns
and cities it has no superior
because of its rapid growth
clean, smooth trunk and
branches, and its exceedingly
pretty foliage.
BLACK PoPLAR,-l PopaluS NiGra.J
This tree is a large, rapidly
growing one. The leaves are
pale green, slightly notched
deltoid rhombic, accuminate
smooth on both sides, when
first unfolding are Of a some
what reddish color. The buds
expand later than most Other
poplars The young shoots are
pubescent. There seems to
have been some confusion in
regard to the locality of this
species. The elder Michaux ir
his fora admits it, but does
not describe its locality. Il
WIS in after years published by
his son, III der the name of Pop
ulus Hudsonica, he having
found it only on the banks o
the Hudson River above AL
bany. Mr.. Pursh fixed its loca
ton about Lake Ontario, anC
gave it the name Populats Be
tulatlora. There is no doub
but it was introduced from Eu
rope into America. A few
trees are still found near Hobo
ken, New Jersey. 1t is a tre
worthy of propaga alton.
ENGLISH .AsPEN.-[ Populus 1remuli
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