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He white Poplar tree commeth foone to perfeé?tion,and growes high in fhorttimerfufl
ofboughes at the top : the barke of the body is fmooth,and that of the boughes is 11”’
_ » wife white withall : the wood is white,ealie to be cleft: the Ieaues are broad,deep1y 53‘
{hedged cornered like almolt to thofe of the Vine,but much lefler, fmooth on the vpper fidfia Shh’
and lomewhar greene ; and on the nether fide white and woolly : the catkins are l0ng,d0Wf1Ya3r ‘ 5
firlt of a purpl.i-:12 colour : thc_roor:s fpread many waies,lying vnder the turfe, and not growing deep’ and therefore it happeneth that thefe trees be oftentimes blowne downe with the winde-
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_ 2 Patmlm mgm. The white Poplar tree.
The blacke Poplar tree.
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The third kinde of Poplar is alfoa amt math bi k d {- bfl d is form‘ what like that of the former: this tree is ggrniflred wirhemirrnrflaailittlh‘ andgccnigcfrdhfavhghes, fer full ofleaues, in a manner round, much Blacker and harder than the blacke P0 133' hanging vpo 1 5 Land flcnder fiemsswhich are forithe.moltlpart Prill waqering,and make a great ms ; 1;; pbyvbeing.
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i 5 Popzglrrs aiéa minofiéusr; The leffer leaned white Poplar. - A i the Willow, full of foynts where the leaues doe grow, ofa perfect roundnefle, faue where it cleaueth or groweth to the ftalke:from the bofoms or corners of thefe leaues come forth fmallaglets, like vnto our Poplar, but fmal. let‘.-.the leafe is thicke,and very like the leaues of Ulréor Ifidfis but broader,of an alhingent 'tafie,fornewhat heating the mouth, and fal,
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. l 5“ .. There is alfo another fort of Poplar which groweth li=kewil'e vnto a great tree, the branches whereof are knotty and bunched forthas though it were full of {cabs or forest V the leaues come forth in tufts moftcommofl-{ ly at the end of the boughes, not cut 911 jag-V. ged,:but refembling the leaues oftlrat_L4tr{- flex called Per t/infirm“; "1C°1_°“”‘k""h° former but theaglets arenot fo clofely pac; ked together-,otherwi{e it isylike.‘ ’
_ 11' The Place. _ _ , H _ ThéT§‘ire’es‘doeigrow in low rnoifi rplaéesf as In medowes heere vnto dlEChC5, (‘sanding-V wa-tersand riuerjs-. _ "
The firll: kinde~ofwhite epoprargrewecrr,
not very common in England , but in‘l'o‘r’rre ' laces here anldlthere a tree: I found many‘ -both {mall 5C great growing in a_ low medow
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M Of the Hiflorie of Plants. 1487