TULIP TREE; YELLOW FOPLAR (Liriodendron Tuliprfera, 

 Linn.) . 80 to 200 feet. Stately tree with tall trunk and short 

 branches, forming a conical head that spreads irregularly at 

 length. Bark thick, brown, closely furrowed. Wood light, 

 soft, pale yellow, easily worked, weak, brittle, used for wooden- 

 ware, shingles, house construction and finishing, boat building, 

 wood pulp. Buds long, blunt at tip; end ones much longer. 

 Leaves alternate, 5 to 6 inches long and broad, 3 or 4 lobed, 

 with shallow sinuses, end abruptly squared or slightly notched 

 at the apex. Color dark green, shining above, pale beneath, 

 turning a clear yellow. Flowers May, tulip-like, greenish- 

 yellow petals 6, with splash of orange near middle, forming a 

 band around the cup. Sepals 3, greenish, recurved. Stamens 

 numerous, with large yellow anthers. Pistils numerous, 

 shingled over each other to form a cone-like central spike. 

 Fruit 2 to 3 inches long, erect cone, made of dry, winged, flat 

 seed cases, few of which contain fertile seeds. Dist.: Ver- 

 mont to Florida, west to Illinois, Arkansas, Alabama, and Mis- 

 sissippi. Most abundant and largest in forests of the Lower 

 Ohio Valley, and on uplands of North Carolina and Tennessee. 

 Preferred habitat, deep rich soil. Favorite shade and orna- 

 mental tree, planted for its flowers and luxuriant foliage. 



