Winter Buds and Leaves.—Buds dark reddish-brown, rather closely set along the stalk, conical or somewhat angled, narrow, often falcate, sharp-pointed, resinous throughout, viscid, aromatic, exhaling a powerful odor when the scales expand, terminal about 3/4 inch long. Leaves 4-6 inches long and nearly as wide, yellowish-green at first, becoming dark green and smooth on the upper surface with the exception of a minute pubescence along the veins, dull light green beneath, finely serrate with incurved glandular points, usually ciliate with minute stiff, whitish hairs; base heart-shaped; apex short-pointed; petioles about 1-1½ inches long, more or less hairy, somewhat flattened at right angles to the blade; stipules short, ovate, acute, soon falling.
Inflorescence.—Similar to that of P. balsamifera.
Fruit.—Similar to that of P. balsamifera.
Horticultural Value.—Hardy throughout New England; has an attractive foliage and grows rapidly in all soils and situations, but the branches are easily broken by the wind, and its habit of suckering makes it objectionable in ornamental ground; occasionally offered by nurserymen and collectors. Propagated from cuttings.
Plate XIX.—Populus candicans.
| 1. Winter bud. |
| 2. Branch with fertile catkins. |
| 3. Fertile flower. |
| 4. Fruiting branch. |