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TULIP TRKK-TUXXELS. 



this policy the morxl tone of the college has greatly ' peculiar appearance to the tree, clearly di-tiir-Miishing 

 advanced. The contcntme-nt of stiieleni- h.4> aio in- it Irom all others. The flowers an? equally peculiar 

 t-reax-d. The relative pen-entage of those who gruel- and striking. They have' ;; de-eieluons sep'.ls ami <"i 

 nate to those who enter lias ri-e'ii from M per e-e'in. M ] petals, tbrming a large' lily or tulip shapeel tieiwer, from 

 nearly SO |.cr cent.. ^placing it in this ^re-s|H-cl in the wlii.-h re-semblance beith the' generic ami ims 



front rank of New tiuglund colleges. Tlie whole nuui- b*ve been derived. Tbeflowenaresolitary and tenuu 



bcr of graeliiatcs is now aUuit 5(10. inclo.-e'd by a shcutli wliich in pusheel p.ft as the y ] ,-n. 



Silviinus Packanl by will provided for one theological The (lower Ix II is - inches or more in length, with nu- 

 profcssorship. Thomas .). l^awycr. \). I'., wa- devie-el mcroiis stamens anel a ceinc like' mass (' pistils. TiiO 

 Packanl professor of theology and the divinity schuul petals are greenish-yelleiw in ceilepr, with anoninge spot 

 organized ami o|pene'd in Isr.y. There' are at present at base, the e'olor deviating in different , 

 four professors in the divinity schexjl be.-ieles Or. Saw- They feirm large-, showy t!oe-rs with an aim-cable < 

 yer. The course of study \a four years for all except and much nectar, which when in bloom add Lie-ally tei 

 college graelu. . the ornamental character of this handsome m e. The 



Tbc site eef the college was originally treeless and fruit comprises numerous thin scales atta'-hed to a 

 barren. But impeising buildings have been erected, i common axis and forming a conical spike 2 or 3 

 walks ami driveways have been constructed, and trees inches long. 



have attained a thick anel heavy growth. There is nei The range of the Tulip tree is from the Southern 

 lue.re' attractive spe.t in the neighborhood of Boston, extremity of Like Chaniplain to the (iulf States. t;nd 

 In ISs.;', Mrs. Mary T. Goddard erect eel at heT eiwn from the Connecticut Kivcr to the Mississippi Vallev, 

 cost a beautiful steme chapel, and on its completion bcintr abundant in the Middle and \\YsteriiSlates.ainl 

 built and furnished an excellent gymnasium. One particularly so in Kentucky. It de'lights in deep. 

 of the uiost important additions of recent years is loamy, am! extremely lirtile soils, like tli.'-. e,f rich 

 the Barnum Muse-urn of Natural History, the gift of river bottoms anil swamp borders, but will grow e.u 

 Mr. P. T. Barnaul. It is a building of dignity ami seiil of different charae-ter. The- wood. tin. ugh cla^-e 1 

 beauty. The first floor is devoted l*> laboratories and with the- light woods, is milch heavier than the common 

 work rooms. The main floor has a lecture-room ami a poplar anel has almost as many uses as ihe while pine-. 



gram! vestibule- in which the larger specimen- of mil- It is easily worked, polishes we 11. and the' hearlw 1 



ural history are' deposited and where the stuffed skin when well seasoned resists decay anel is rarely attuke 1 

 of Jumbo is tei find its ultimate' resting-place. The by insects, but is liable- to shrink anel warp w hen ex- 

 third flexir comprises a large exhibition hall for the peeseel to the weather. Its color ami character arc so 

 cabinet, together with the fine zoological collection affected by the- nature- ed' the soil that it is known in 

 given by .Mr. Barnum. The library contains nearly some- localities as white, in others as yellow pe.plar. 

 ..">.000 bound volumes, many of them rare and of Near NYw Ve.rk ami Philadelphia it was forme ily 

 great value, and SIMKI or 'JOOO pamphlets. much use-d feir joists anel rafters, but has grown - 



The college has been distinguished !'or its liWal and has been replaced by pine' anel spruce. It 

 policy_towards young men who are obliged, on aemiint used for door-panels and wainscots, ami parlicnlaily te.r 

 of limited means, to struirirle for an eelucation. There carriage-panels, it taking the paint well and potibUUIg 

 arc thirty scholarships in the gift of the college. By brilliantly when perfectly dry. Large- quantities are 

 means of the-sc tuition may be cancelled, (iraiuilics nscel in trunk-making, for chair seats, ami lor i 

 are also given, in case s of nee-el, so that instruction is anel be-ds (stained tei imitate mahogany). Of other 

 practically free to men of promise and tide-lily whose' u> ( 's may be- named ihe- makini; of sie i-jh DIM! wagon- 

 circunistam-cs require it. On account ed' the iMilatiem bodies, bowls, brush- anel broemi-hamiies, .iml vaiious 

 of the college, there lieing nei villages in immediate other artie-le's of turners' ware. The! Imlians used it 

 contact with il on either side, it is nejt only cxtreiue'ly to form canoes, the wood being light and strong, while 

 favorable tei study, but admirably adapted tei those from the great length and diatnetcrof the- trunk sintle 

 whei are obliired tei practi-e economy. (E. H. C.) cam.es e-oiild IK- made- capable ed' carrying L'H or more 

 TI LIP TliKK. or Trup POPLAR, the common persons. The bark, especially of the roeit. is bitter 

 name given to the I.irinihuilrnn tvKpf/ero, a genus anel animal ie-. ami is considered by seiinc as scarcely in- 

 of trees bdoBging to the- onler Mtif/inilitif'ir whie-li lias ferior tei cinchona as a tonic and antiseptic. The aro- 

 but euie- spe-e-ie-s. that aliove named. It is a native- of malic principle- icsieles in a n-sin. wliieh arts as a gentle 

 the' I'liiied Stales, where- it is generally known as a cathartic. The- bark was used bv the Indians ns a 

 poplar from its resemblance tei (he' latter. thouirh it 'remedy lor intermittent fevers. Redooed in powder 

 lias no affinity to the p<iplars. It is known as white and given to horses it seems a pretty certain remedy 

 wood and yellow poplar, from its varying ceileir; as for worms. (c. M.) 



canoe wood, fn.m the- use- made of it by the Indians ; 

 nnd as saddle tree, freim the' shape ed iis leaves. It is 

 one of the mo-t magnificenl of American deciduous 

 trees, being only snrp:tss<>il in size by the plane eir Imt- 

 tonweMiel. an. I hciiii.' superior to the latter in the 1 per- 

 ; straithtness and uniform diameter of its trunk, 

 the meire regular elisiribiitiein of branches, ami the 

 gmter richness of folkpe and tleiwe-rs. Its height is 



:. illy i>i |o SO feel, with a diameter of IS inches to of Massai-huse-tls. On account of the very circuitous 



3 feet, but in favorable' lo.-alilie s il may attain a height mule's whie-h it coinpclld tei be- take n be t\\, en lioslein 



of lli lo 140 feet, and meire than 7 feel diameter, ami Albany, anel the West, the' project of a shinier 



Tlie' 1'MVe-s of this tree: have a peculiar development eeiminunie'atiein was seriously debated in the early part 



As the large bods open, the leu group i* found to be of tin- present century. At that time canals were ia 



covered by two stipules cohrrini; at the'ir ue. and in ISJ.'i the Stale- of Massachusetts ap- 



to form a sac. On opening they reveal an inte-rie.r pointed a beiarel of commissioners to selee I a route' lor 



(ae of the same' e-harae-le-r ami a sinde leaf closely such canal to conne.-t lioston with the Huelseiu Itive r. 



foldel and with the |H-liole eleiulile'd over. As this leaf Their repeirt Hn-lmh-d the- pre.j.-e-t of a tunnel through 



tinfulds the intcrieir -:n- opens, r >;uilar e-eiti the H.IO-I.- Meiuntaiu. But when seiou afterward the 



ditions within, and this process conlinnes until "i or early railroads of America proved successful, ihe: 



6 leaves have appeared. The' ! i -T s inches <ieheme- of hnilelini: a e-anal was abandoned. The Bos- 



leiiiL'. on lon-j potieile-s, with tour lob.-s. the apex ap- tem ami Ali.any Ilailniad was completed in 1842; it 



jicarms a if abruptly cut off. leaving a very broael. wa^ carried over the mountains nbout 20 miles to the 



shallow Hutch. This coiifuruiatiuu of the leaf gives a buutL of the proposed tunnel The steep grades of 



TUNNKI.S IN AMKIUCA. This country has sev- 

 VI wit ol:1 ' Prominent examples of tunnels 



r^jj through mtains for railroad and 



\, n '"[;,. ,,'i. "" mining purposes, and has also b, LMin to 

 ' Use tunnels under the beds ol navigable 



rivers. In the first class the I b.osae tnnni I is the most 

 noted. 'I'h Iloo>ar Mountain is a part of the ' 

 Mountain ran '.re tlial rxletids across lie western part 



