Liriodendron tuUpifo-n, 

 THE TULIP-BEARING LIRIODENDRON. 



Si/nonymes. . 



LiNNiEus, Species Plantarum. 



De Candolle, Prodroinus. 



MicHAUx, North American Sylva. 



BiGELOw, Medical Botany. 



Don, Miller's Dictionary. 



Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum. 



ToRKEY AND Gray, Flora of North America. 



France. 



Germany. 



Italy. 



Liriodendron tulipifera. 



Tulipier de Virginie, Arbre aux tulipes, 



Virginischer Tulpenbaum, 



Liriodendro tulipilero, 



Virginian Poplar, Tiilip-bearing Lily- 

 tree, Saddle-tree, 



"White Poplar, Yellow Poplar, 



Tulip-tree, White-wood, Poplar, Old 

 Wife's Shirt-tree, 



Britain. 



Kentucky. 



Other parts of tiie United States. 



Derivations. The specific name is derived from the Latin tulipa, a tulip, and fero, to bear, on account of the resemblance 

 the flowers of this tree bear to those of tulips. It is called Poplar, from its general appearance to trees of the genus Populus ; 

 White-wood, and Yellow Poplar, from the colour of its limber; Canoeicood, from the use to which it is applied by the native 

 Inc^ans ; and Saddle-tree, from the form of its leaves. The French and German names are literal translations of Virginiayi 

 Ttuip-tree. 



Engravings. Michaux, North American Sylva, pi. 61 ; Audubon, Birds of America, pi. xii 

 cum, v., pi. 13; and the figures below. 



Loudon, Arboretum Britanni- 



Specific Characters. Leaves smooth, truncate at the top ; 4-lobed, resembling a saddle in shape. Flow 

 ers large, solitary, terminal, variegated with green, yellow, and orange colour; furnished with two 

 deciduous bracteas under the flowers. Don, Miller^s Diet. 



Description. 



F all the deciduous 

 trees of North Amer- 

 ica, the Tulip-tree, 

 next to the sycamore, 

 (Platanus occidentalis,) attains the amplest 

 dimensions ; while the perfect straightness and 

 uniform diameter of the trunk, the more regular 

 distribution of its branches, and the greater 

 richness of its foliage and flowers, give it a de- 

 cided superiority over that tree, and entitle it to 

 be considered one of the most magnificent pro- 

 ductions of the temperate zones. It usually at- 

 tains a height of sixty or eighty feet, with a 

 diameter varying from eighteen inches to three 

 feet; although, in favourable localities, it has 

 been known to arrive at a height of one hun- 

 dred and twenty to one hundred and forty feet, 

 with a diameter of more than seven feet. The 

 bark of the trunk, till it exceeds seven or eight inches in diameter, is smooth and 

 even ; but afterwards it begins to crack, and the depth of the furrows is in pro- 

 portion to the size and age of the tree. In the development of its leaves it differs 

 from most other trees. The leaf-buds, in areneral. are composed of scales closely 



