. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . otanists. P. Sibirica pyrami-diMis, Hort.). A comparatively slow-growing tree ofclose, upright habit: Ivs. very thick and hard, finely ser-rate, oval in outline, and prominently whitened beneath,commonly rather small for this group: twigs hard andcylindrical. N. Asia.— It is consid
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . otanists. P. Sibirica pyrami-diMis, Hort.). A comparatively slow-growing tree ofclose, upright habit: Ivs. very thick and hard, finely ser-rate, oval in outline, and prominently whitened beneath,commonly rather small for this group: twigs hard andcylindrical. N. Asia.— It is considered to be a valuabletree for hot and dry interior climates; and it also hasdistinct merit for ornamental planting. It eventuallybecomes a large tree. The Populus laurifoUa and pyramidalis of American nurserymen are,apparently, only minor variations of this type. Thesetrees are amongst the recent introductions of RussianPoplars. Var. latifdlia, Loudon (P. NoUstii and P. Wobsky,Hort.). Fig. 1910. Includes forms with ovate or cor-date-ovate rather blunt-pointed leaves, cylindrical twigs(or slightly ridged on strong shoots) and the generalhabit of the Balsam Poplar. Asia. —The Ivs. are usuallylarge and thick, shining green above and dull white be-neath, in shape and texture somewhat like the next. 1911. Populus balsamifera, var. candicans (X 1-5). variety. The Nolestii Poplar is now sold by easternnurserymen as an ornamental tree. Its strong habit anddark foliage adapt it admirably to planting near the rearborders of grounds. The Wobsky Poplar is one of therecent Russian introductions, with somewhat the habit of a cherry tree, and is much prized in the Rasun)ovskoe Poplar appears to be of the same cAndicans, Gray (P. cdndicans, Ait. P. Ontari-hisis and P. macrophylla, Hort.). Balm op 1911. Strong-growing spreading native tree, fre-quently planted, and esteemed for its vigor and hardi-ness and the resinous fragrance of its large bu
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