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disposed to venture an opinion on the subject, it would be, that the 
varieties in the leaves and in the colour and quality of the wood, are 
wholly cope of each other. 
The Liriodendron tulipifera in many parts of the United States, 
and particularly where it is the most abundant, is known by the name 
of Poplar. In New York and New Jersey, it is ‘called White-wood 
and Canoe-wood. It is known by another and more appropriate 
name, though not so generally received—that of Tulip-tree, from 
the resemblance of its flowers to the tulip, when less expanded than 
represented in the plate. By this name, Mr. Michaux informs us, 
the tree is recognised every where in Europe where it has been in- 
tfoduced ; and it were much to be wished, that the common but 
faulty name of Poplar could be disused, for the current adoption of 
one founded on SO manifest a resemblance. The tree has, moreover, 
no characters in’ common oot sic the papa Mie ome _ name 
ana and Canada, give it the name of Fellow=wood. It is also 
nised in some parts of Pennsylvania by this appellation. 
It is said that the milk of cows which have eaten of the buds, 
acquires a bitter and disagreeable taste. a: 
