View in context. The staircase, balustrades, and rails, had a spare look--an air of being denuded to the bone--which the panels of the walls and the jambs of the doors and windows also bore. View in context. It had been so forcibly driven against the jamb that part of the woodwork was splintered.
Populus tremula, commonly called aspen, common aspen, Eurasian aspen, European aspen, or quaking aspen, is a species of poplar native to cool temperate regions of Europe and Asia, from Iceland and the British Isles east to Kamchatka, north to inside the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia and northern Russia, and south to central Spain, Turkey, the Tian ...
Lombardy poplars have dense growth that can be sheared in a hedgelike manner. Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra) is a fast-growing tree, often planted in rows for a windbreak. Capable of growing up to 6 feet in one year, Lombardy poplar grows best in well-drained loam, clay or sandy soil with a pH level of 4.5 to 8.5.pacing. Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra Italica) spreads to a width of 10 to 15 feet. For an overlapping screen or windbreak, plant the trees close enough to overlap after several growing seasons.