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| | Poplar Tree |
 | | The Lombardy Poplar stands almost alone in the remarkably erect, or "fastigiate," habit of growth of its branches, to which it owes its specific name fastigiata. |
 | | The "tall Poplars," however, alluded to in the lyrics of Horace, as the supports round which the vines were twined, were not of the variety now known as the Lombardy Poplar. |
 | | The beauty of the Lombardy Poplar is mainly one of landscape effect, its tall, erect growth acting as a relief or foil to the rounded outlines of other trees, and contrasting admirably with the horizontal lines of the water by the side of which it is so often seen. |
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