. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). //. Populus Tremula {% nat, size). of the foliage of the Euro- pean aspen has been re- marked by writers from the earliest times. Ger- arde, in 1597, remarks that the tree ' 'may also be called Tremble, after the French name, consid- ering it is the matter whereof womens tongues were made, (as the Poets and some others report) which seldome cease wagging.'' A characteristic interest attaching to this tree is the profusion of very long catkins which appea
. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). //. Populus Tremula {% nat, size). of the foliage of the Euro- pean aspen has been re- marked by writers from the earliest times. Ger- arde, in 1597, remarks that the tree ' 'may also be called Tremble, after the French name, consid- ering it is the matter whereof womens tongues were made, (as the Poets and some others report) which seldome cease wagging.'' A characteristic interest attaching to this tree is the profusion of very long catkins which appear in earliest spring, even before our native poplars are in bloom. They appear at Ithaca late in March or the first of April. The staminate or male catkins are particu- larly pleasing, and planters should se- lect that sex, if pos- sible. The illustra- tion on the next page shows these inter- esting iiower-clus- ters nearly full size. 9. Populus grandidentata (Michaux, Fl. 12. Populus grandidentata. {yi nat. size.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Ithaca, N. Y. : The University
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