TULIP TREE 



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TUMBLEWEED 



THE TULIP 



end usually in a single large, bell-shaped flower, 

 though sometimes there are two, three or four 

 in a cluster. The flowers are single or double, 

 and usually grow erect on the stem. There are 

 four principal groups of cultivated tulips : these 

 are sclfs, having 

 flowers of one 

 color; roses, with 

 flowers of differ- 

 ent shades of 

 scarlet, pink and 

 red; bizarr 

 petals of which 

 have yellow cen- 

 ters with borders 

 of orange or red ; 

 and bybloemens, 

 with black, 

 brown, purple 

 and other dark- 

 colored flowers. 



Tulips are usu- 

 ally cultivated 

 from bulbs. 

 These are planted 

 in midautumn, 

 and the flowers 

 and leaves appear in early spring. The plants 

 well-drained, loamy soil of average 

 richness. As a general rule only professional 

 growers or experimenters grow tulips from seed, 

 as it takes from three to seven years to obtain 

 a flowering bulb, and after a few seasons the 

 blossoms tend to change materially in color. 



r the introduction of the tulip into Eu- 

 rope it became the flower of fashion both in 

 England and in Holland. In the latter country, 

 between 1634 and 1637, interest in the new 

 plant developed into a craze. Individual bulbs 

 sold for fabulous prices; many persons were 

 .'lally ruml hy wild speculation, and the 

 Minit was compelled t.. n M.W. 



TULIP TREE, a beautiful tree of the mag- 

 nolia family, so called because its flowers re- 

 semhlttiu tulip. It is found only in the United 

 States, and is distributed through the eastern 

 part of the country south to Florida and west 

 to Arkansas and Illinois. The tulip tree attains 

 a height of eighty to 200 feet, and a diameter 

 of five to ten feet, and is loved for its shade 

 and its beauty. It bears showy, yellow flowers, 

 i petal m b a spot of orange to at- 



bees; and it has smooth, dark-green 

 leaves that turn yellow in the autui 

 wood, \vhirh is r i.-ily worked, is used in mak- 

 1:11: boats, shingles, brooms and wood pulp, and 



interior finish for houses. Poplar, lulipwood 

 and whitewood are various names applied to 

 the timber. From the bark, which has a bitter 

 taste, a drug tonic is prepared. 



THE TULIP TREE 

 Form of the tree, leaf and flower. 



TUL'SA, OKLA., the county seat of Tulsa 

 County, is situated in the northeastern part of 

 the state, on the Arkansas River, fifty-two 

 miles northwest of Musk ogee and 120 miles 

 northeast of Oklahoma City, the state capital. 

 It is served by the Missouri, Kansas A Texas, 

 the Atchison, Topeka A Santa Fe. the Midland 

 Valley, the Saint Louis & San Francisco and 

 the Tulsa & Sand Springs railroads. The place 

 was settled in 1887, was chartered as a 

 1902, and in 1909 it adopted the commission 

 form of government. Since 1900 the popula- 

 tion has shown a remarkable increase. In that 

 year it was 1,390; in 1910 it was 18,182, and in 

 1916 it was 30,575 (Federal estiim 



Tulsa is located in a region well adapted to 

 stock raising and agriculture, especially to the 

 growing of cotton and grain, hut it.s prosperity 

 i* eluefly the result of its proximity to natural 

 gas, coal and oil fields; th. < ilen Pool oil dis- 

 trict is one of the richest in the world. Some 

 of the large oil companies have headquarters 

 here. Natural gas is largely used in manufac- 

 ture, which is here represented by cottonseed- 

 oil mills, glass factories and plants for making 

 Mil -\\. II supplies. The place also has smelters 

 and refineries. Tulsa has a $175,000 Y. M. C. A. 

 huil. ling, a 1200,000 Federal building, a Car- 

 negie Library and Kendall College (Presbyte- 



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TUMBLEWEED, tum'b'lvrcH. the popular 

 name of various plants found in prairie re- 

 gions. They are so called because they <i< 

 rounded tops, and in the autumn, when with- 



