. British trees. Trees. LOMBARDY POPLAR. 653 cramped for room by the lateral branches which form outside it, and so dies. Thus the upward growth of the branches is carried on bv a succession or shoots developed from buds on the outer side, and the resultant bough is made up or a series of curves following one above the other, with here and there an incurving twig springing from it. The main trunk itself is often ousted by a couple of lateral boughs which con- tinue their upward growth in parallel or but slightly diverging lines. These usurpers, or the shoots they support, will reach a height o
. British trees. Trees. LOMBARDY POPLAR. 653 cramped for room by the lateral branches which form outside it, and so dies. Thus the upward growth of the branches is carried on bv a succession or shoots developed from buds on the outer side, and the resultant bough is made up or a series of curves following one above the other, with here and there an incurving twig springing from it. The main trunk itself is often ousted by a couple of lateral boughs which con- tinue their upward growth in parallel or but slightly diverging lines. These usurpers, or the shoots they support, will reach a height of no less than 150 ieet. The lower trunk is often deeply fluted with vertical or spiral indentations, and the bark which covers it is divided by diagonal incisions. The numerous weak branchlets often conceal the outline of the branches, and by their want of expansion necessitate the crowding together of the leaves. Each main bough, with its dependent branches and foliage, forms a column set at an acute angle to the central trunk, and between these . parallel columns strips of sky are visible. A well-grown tree takes the form of a tapering column with a pointed base. THE FLOWER. Both the leaf and the male catkin of this tree resemble those of the Black Poplar, though they are of smaller size. No tree bearing female catkins li 1 nmc under the writer's 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 Cole, Rex Vicat, b. 1870; Kempe, Dorothy. London : Hutchinson
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