balsam-poplar

The intervale, or water-meadow, by the side of the river, held but a few widely scattered trees, -- trees of open growth, such as elm, balsam-poplar, and water-ash.

The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901

The local authorities, moreover, some ten years back girdled the Green with healthy young balsam-poplar and plane trees and enclosed the grass with iron hurdles -- to rescue it from trampling into unsightly pathways -- thus doing

The Far Horizon Lucas Malet 1891

Nor is the balsam-poplar, or tacamahac, less delightfully fragrant, especially while the gummy buds are just beginning to unfold; this is an elegant growing tree, where it has room to expand into boughs.

The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850