Ornamentals for South Dakota
(This historic book may have numerous typos and missing te...)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...are not borne on the same tree. Hence the "cotton," which flies when the seed is ripe, can be avoided by planting trees grown from cuttings taken from staminate or male trees., l There is a golden leaved variety of the Cottonwood that is popular in Europe for park decoration, Van Gertii or aurea; it is not in the Station collection; reported hardy in Minnesota: Populus rleltoides Carolinensis, Bailey. (P. Caroline/zsz's, Willd., P. Carolina and Caroliniana, Hort.) Carolina Poplar. A variety of the Cottonwood which is at present receiving considerable attention from nurserymen. Our specimens are too young for a definite report. It is a very strong grower of very upright, erect habit of growth, leaves more gradually taper-pointed and less triangular. Populus laurifolia, Ledeb. (P. balsamifera, var., laur/olia, Wesm., P. Certz'nensz's, P. Petro?/ski, P. Bereolensis, Hort.) Certinensis Poplar. Native of Siberia, especially in river valleys at the base of the Altai mountains. A hardy tree of very rapid growth, somewhat resembling the Cottonwood; the young vigorous shoots are strongly angled or grooved; the growth more close and erect; the leaves have wavy or ruflied edges and are on shorter, stiffer stalks. In the closely planted plats on the grounds of this Station Certinensis Poplar has not done any better than Cottonwood in being quite short-lived when crowded for room and water. Upon suitable soil with more space and access to water, both deserve to be planted. Populus nigra Italica, Du Roi. (P. dilatata, Ait.; P. mgra pyramidalis, Spach.) Lombardy or Italian Poplar. Native of north Italy, the Crimea and the Himalayas. A well known tree remarkable for its very tall, narrow, erect habit of growth. Used by landscape gardeners to give variety to clu...
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