The sylva americana; or, A description of the forest trees indigenous to the United States, practically and botanically considered . the two species are easily distinguished. The cottonwood, also, acquires a larger bulk. This wood is assigned to noparticular use in the arts or for fuel. Heart-Leaved Balsam Poplar. Populus cancUcans. In the state of RhodeIsland, Massachusetts andNew Hampshire, this tree,which is a genuine BalsamPoplar, is commonly seengrowing before the houses,less as an ornament than asa shelter from the sun. Itis not found in the forests ofthese states. This tr
The sylva americana; or, A description of the forest trees indigenous to the United States, practically and botanically considered . the two species are easily distinguished. The cottonwood, also, acquires a larger bulk. This wood is assigned to noparticular use in the arts or for fuel. Heart-Leaved Balsam Poplar. Populus cancUcans. In the state of RhodeIsland, Massachusetts andNew Hampshire, this tree,which is a genuine BalsamPoplar, is commonly seengrowing before the houses,less as an ornament than asa shelter from the sun. Itis not found in the forests ofthese states. This tree attains the heightof 40 or 50 feet, with adiameter of 18 or 20 trunk is clad in asmooth, greenish bark. ThePLATE Lxxf. foliage is tufted and of a Figure 1. A leaf. , , ^ ^ i ^ ^i dark green tint, but tlieirregular disposition of the branches gives an elegant appearanceto the tree. The buds, like those of the balsam poplar, arecovered, in the spring, with a resinous, balsamic substance of anagreeable odor. The wood of this tree is soft, light and is appropriated to nouse in the arts and is Httle esteemed for DENDROLOGY. 255 American Large Aspen. Populus grandidentata. The American Large Aspen belongs rather to the Northernand Middle, than to the Southern States, in the upper partsonly of which it is found. North of the United States, thispoplar, though not one of the most rare, is not one of the mostcommon trees, and it is so thinly scattered over the face of thecountry, that sometimes not a single stock is met with by thetraveller for several days. For this reason, probably it has beenconfounded by the inhabitants with the American aspen, whichis more multiplied : as it surpasses the aspen in height, we havegiven it the name of Large Aspen. It grows as favorably onuplands as on the borders of swamps. This tree attains the height of about 40 feet with a diameterof 10 or 12 inches. The trunk is straight and covered with asmooth, greenish bark which is rarely
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