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TULIP WOOD. 



1. Tulip tree (LiriadenHron tulipiferd) (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 ])um]) 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. {See (il.M.) 



WALNUT. 



Black walnut (Jiu/lan.-< nif/ra) : 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 (juite handsome, and has 

 been for a long time the favorite cabinet wood 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 <juite abundant, especially in the Ohio 

 valley. Occurs from New England to Texas and from Michigan 

 to Flori.la. 



WHITE WALNUT. (.SV. Bittkuntt.) 

 WHITEWOOD. (.See Tulii-. aial also Basswood.) 

 YELLOW POPLAR. (.SVr Triii'.) 



