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TULIP WOOD. 



1. TULIP TREE (Liriodendron tulipifera) (yellow poplar, whitewood) : 



Wood quite variable in weight, usually light, soft, stiff but not 

 strong, of fine texture, and yellowish color; the wood shrinks 

 considerably, but seasons without much injury; works and stands 

 remarkably well. Used for siding, for paneling and finishing 

 lumber in house, car, and 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, forming 

 forests, best developed in the Ohio basin. Occurs from New 

 England to Missouri and southward to Florida. 



2. CUCUMBER TREE (Magnolia acuminata) : A medium-sized tree resem- 



bling, and probably confounded with, tulip wood in the markets. 

 Most common in the southern Alleghenies, but distributed from 

 New York to Arkansas, southward to Alabama and northward to 

 Illinois. 



TUPELO. (Sec GUM.) 



WALNUT. 



BLACK WALNUT (Juglans nigra) : Wood heavy, hard, strong, of coarse 

 texture ; the narrow sapwood whitish, the heartwood chocolate 

 brown. The wood shrinks moderately in drying, works and 

 stands well, takes a good polish, is quite handsome, and has 

 been for a long time the favorite cabinet w r ood in this country. 

 Walnut, formerly used even for fencing, has become too costly for 

 ordinary uses, and is to-day employed largely as a veneer, for 

 inside finish and cabinetwork; also in turnery, for gunstocks, 

 etc. Black walnut is a large tree, with stout trunk, of rapid 

 growth, and was formerly quite abundant, especially in the Ohio 

 valley. Occurs from New England to Texas and from Michigan 

 to Florida. 



WHITE WALNUT. (See BUTTERNUT.) 

 WHITEWOOD. (See TULIP, and also BASSWOOD.) 

 YELLOW POPLAR. (See TULIP.) 



