258 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



This tree was introduced into England about 1008 : and 

 IS now to be found in almost every gentleman's park on the 

 Continent of Europe, so highly is it esteemed as an 

 ornamental tree of the first class. We hope that the fine 

 native specimens yet standing, here and there, in farm lands 

 along our river banks, may be sacredly preserved from 

 the barbarous infliction of the axe, which formerly 

 despoiled without mercy so many of the majestic denizens 

 of our native forests. 



In the western states, where this tree abounds, it is much 

 used in building and carpentry. The timber is light and 

 yellow, and the tree is commonly called the Yellow Poplar 

 in those districts, from some fancied resemblance in the 

 wood, though it is much heavier and more durable than 

 that of the poplar. 



When exposed to the weather, the wood is liable to 

 warp, but as it is fine grained, light, and easily worked, it is 

 extensively employed for the panels of coaches, doors, 

 cabinet-work, and wainscots. The Indians who once 

 inhabited these regions, hollowed out the trunks, and made 

 their canoes of them. There are two sorts of timber 

 known ; viz. the Yellow and the White Poplar, or Tulip 

 tree. These, however, it is well known are the same 

 species {L. tulipifera) ; but the variation is brought about 

 by the soil, which if dry, gravelly, and elevated, produces 

 the white, and if rich, deep, and rather moist, the yellow 

 timber. 



It is rather difficult to transplant the Tulip tree when it 

 has attained much size, unless the roots have undergone 

 preparation, as will hereafter be mentioned ; but it is easily 

 propagated from seed, or obtained from the nurseries, and 

 the growth is then strong and rapid. 



