A reply from another thread: "This is basically* Populus nigra *L. var*. italica* Du Roi. This variety was introduced in different parts of the World during 1700 propagated through cuttings ( Bailey,1935 )*. This variety probably organized in Western Asia and had been under cultivation for long period in the Kashmir Himalaya and North-West part of India (Parker 1918)#. This variety is common in cultivation than that of *P. nigra* L.
My next post will show how *var. italica* differs from the typical *nigra *which is also found in FOC *(http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200005688 <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200005688>).* *Bailey, L.H. 1935. *The Standard Cyclopaedia of Horticulture*. The Mcmillan and Co. New York ( Rep. ed. ) *3*: 2753-2765; 3050-3055. # Parker, R.N. 1918. *A Forest Flora for the Punjab with Hazara and Delhi*, Government Printing Press, Lahore, Punjab. (1st edition) Salicaceae pp. 500-511. Thanks, Sukla" On Wednesday, August 18, 2010 8:08:37 AM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > Populus nigra L. (Syn: P. italica (Munch.) Moench.), the Lombardy poplar, > favourite part of many old movie scenes. Photographed on way to Gulmarg > near Patan on June 19, 2010. > > Common names: > English: Black poplar, Lombardy poplar > Chinese: Hei yang > French: Peuplier noir > German: Schwarz-Pappel > Hindi: Safeda > Kashmir: Frast > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
