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hard' to sjalit aud work, shrinks moderately, warps and checks considerably, but 

 stands well. It is used extensively for drawers, backs, bottoms, etc., in cabinet- 

 work, for tobacco boxes, in cooperage, and also for finishing lumber, where it has 

 too long been underrated. A large tree, of rapid growth, common and largest 

 in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, at home iu nearly all parts of the Eastern 

 United States. The California species — 



113. Platan us racemosa resembles in its wood the Eastern form. 

 TULIP WOOD. 



114. Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) (yellow poplar, white wood): Wood 

 quite variable in weight, usually light, soft, stiff but not strong, of tine texture, 

 and yellowish color; the wood shrinks considerably, bnt seasons without much 

 injury; works and stands remarkably well. Used for siding, for paneling and 

 finishing lumber in house, car, aud ship building, for sideboards and panels of 

 wagons and carriages; also in the manufacture of furniture, implements and 

 machinery, for pump logs, and almost every kind of common wooden ware, boxes, 

 shelving, drawers, etc. An ideal wood for the carver and toy man. A large tree, 

 does not form forests, but is quite common, especially iu the Ohio Basin ; occurs 

 from New England to Missouri and southward to Florida. 



115. Cucumber tree (Magnolia acuminata) : A medium-sized tree, most common in 

 the Southern Alleghanies, but distributed from New York to Arkansas, southward 

 to Alabama and northward to Illinois. Resembling, and probably confounded 

 with, tulip wood in the markets. 



TUPELO. (See Gum.) 

 WALNUT. 



116. Black walnut (Juglans nigra) : Wood heavy, hard, strong, of coarse textur-; 

 the narrow sapwood whitish, the heart wood chocolate brown. The wood shrinks 

 moderately in drying, works aud stands well, takes a good polish, is quite hand- 

 some, and has been for a long time the favorite cabinet wood in this country. 

 Walnut, formerly used e^en for fencing, has become too costly for ordinary uses, 

 aud is to-day employed largely as a veneer, for inside fiuish and cabinetwork ; 

 also in turnery, for gunstocks, etc. Black walnut is alarge tree, with stout trunk, 

 of rapid growth, and was formerly quite abundant throughout the Alleghany 

 region, occurriug from New England to Texas, and from Michigan to Florida. 



WHITE WALNUT. (-See Butternut.) 



WHITE WOOD. (See Tulip, and also Basswood.) 



YELLOW POPLAR. (See Tulip.) 



