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' kk - ‘'"k' iaaae' i" '" 1 1 - 4 ' ' ' 't ' f --- A - ' ' ' r- I : (6444‘' t' t - k ' t'''': Ars 1eite 1"-'''' - 4 It' l' la Alm et A II 411r1‘ rk i ' ty 1 1 "-'- i :) f 'N VA':i t 4 - 1 - e- ta44t'1 ' f ' ll '9‘Tr'rlrktrItrwlyr'''r-1- a"E47t77l al "1rrer ?tS: 45 9t P ' - 1 of the community irmgrgli - - ei -- I'lah's tall stately i - e M I1 I i'--- are happiest" eeee appear In all parts of the state to specimens the cannot ilaunif singly or in numbers present the dramatic they I - vt:lhaen - ee a d poplars were taken a heavy seaxpriefrliceendced Eounreo atnhee ha enakNeite salready Salt Lake City of in its history' European canker attaoks the Lombardy poplar under the bark and as yet no method of control has been devised Dr Cottom believes that the Spanish poplar is more resistant to disease and might be used in place of the Loe bardy although it is not as slender and graceful There are still other varieties of poplar all of which do well in this area A few poplars have been planted in the last 20 or 30 years but not many Three were placed sevoral years ago in front of the University of Utah field house and perhaps the finest avenue of poplars in this county is at the west entrance to the state tapitol Fortunately there are still some who believe with Henry Noyes Fratt the California poet that "poplar trees " ' a eeee- An - When Salt Lake City was a young town with urpave4 streets there were pophrs along many of the ditches that bordered the streets In 1i3 a great improvement program was undertaken streets were graded and paved linti ' e )4 -- 4 long-live- ii desolate area Poplars do well in the dry air of this region but they must have plenty of moisture All varieties of poplar are streamside trees They like to have their feet in water Banks of irrigation ditches are excellent places for them to grow Sacrificed to Frogress (11 'NsX - 'Most of the houses" he wrote "arc veiled with trees as if set down la the midst of one grand orchard" John Muir remembered that it was only 23 'years before that Salt Lake City had been established in the Midst of a aa' 'TAC - no 'leafiness" " f Patrick C troduced into Utah in 1662 by John Reading ''' '1"14'7'vPWO"'"'-'6- b y Wil lium florist The following year William aV agstaff started planting them in what now laknown as the Calmer Park area Soon they were being planted all over salt Lake valley and other areas throughout the state le 1S70 they were the third most numerous type of tree In Salt Lake City First was the black locust and aecond the native box elder In that year John Muir- the great natgralist visited Salt Late City coid remarked on the - ' - 1-- other tree does" Lombardy poplars as the name suggests are native to Italy and other Mediterranean countries They were in- ei e ?y a ia a'-a-e- a a acterit - 1 4 4 beauty that a'a ae AI ea - - ytil4 t4- - ea - - ' I ea - : - 1 - Unique Beauty would wish keep on planting poplarsa" says 'I people Dr Walter P Cottam professor of botany at the University of Utah They fit into the landscape they give a type of I so- - ea t (he ee - : - ' a'ae - i 14-- '103'41t- - A l'' re '" 'ea' a ae-- - is' 4 -- V:f- t ' o -- 400- arae c:--- 41 4:''' "'!:'-a ' a 4 - e -- r::"'Itf:?-- ' l"" - : ae--t :t' d '''' a 1 1 T: re '1' v7cs4 aie - v iir" 'IL ' "$'4 d'Is 144 1 A aae et I'-- i' c- ' 1- -- -- - ea ' Pei e ' a eie VI' ''"elrei ae 4i'':4-11- -e 11 114: 'f1 '11 ee ee 0 1 'Ig'''"''It4!: a at'le'esliaa'llefv'i''''!4-''- '''-''- " - - ' a :'!"''-- e they will be replaced There is one avenue of poplars in this small Tooele county town that is worth anyone's time to drive out and see An avenue of tall poplars has the same exalted beauty as the nave of a great cathedral Fine examples of poplars also are to be found in Cache county and other rural treas But in the larger cities they are almost a thing of the past ' 41 w ' ie e - 12 ' I 1' Ai r--4 aee0af- '1) sae :g-- :::d7 -z- - - : r k'' e- 7'! 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If i 4r ! 411'''' 3 L4-- ' ' ' ii ' I 31' Lombardies were prized highly by the early settlers of i t :3 1 e'le' aIl 'a - a eat-- :1 f 4 's: ' - A ta :I Icr Pi'l A a eil'1) Utah as windbreaks and many farms were outlined with these stately trees Some of the finest poplars still to be found in the state are in Grantsyille but some of these are beginnirg to die out and it is the hope of many that 4 ' at i 41ea t 5:!-4-'- e 'V') 'IP ' ' - : ' : Ai ''rl' a 4 a t' e ' '" cs ! a ii:s ' 'k 00 S ' ' '' aa a '1' Nr - avia - !)t - 't 11- 1 aeea - It' '' 4 !? lit- -''' il- 1 - a ' S :I : '0 ' ' ' '''it a'te - 'r a 721'-t'- - Ait a '' i ': :aSe - "a - 'a'$ e 't e- c's t I t r!' e )e- - ''' f'y a 4"te 10 ' ' I — ta 11I c li ' At one time the Utah landscape was remembered bY many visitors for its rows of tall slender Lombardy poplars But un ferately they are fast disappearing' Blight old age and "improvements" have all taken their toll As trees go the Lombardy poplar is not Barring such disease as the European canker which really plays havoc with it this tree may live 75 or 100 years which is not long compared withsome other trees Mit when iit dies why not replace it? 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