Liriodendron tulipifera, 
THE TULIP-BEARING LIRIODENDRON. 
Synonymes. 
Linn^us, Species Plantarum. 
De Candolle, Prodromus. 
Michaux, North American Sylva. 
Bigelow, Medical Botany. 
Don, Miller's Dictionary. 
Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum. 
Torrey and Gray, Flora of North America. 
France. 
Germany. 
Italy. 
Liriodendron tulipifera, 
Tulipier de Virginie, Arbre aux tulipes, 
Virginischer Tulpenbaum, 
Liriodendro tulipifero, 
Virginian Poplar, Tulip-bearing Lily- 
tree, Saddle-tree, 
"White Poplar, Yellow Poplar, 
Tulip-tree, White-wood, Poplar, Old 
Wife's Shirt-tree, 
Britain. 
Kentucky. 
Other parts of the United States. 
Derivations. The specific name is derived from the Latin lulipa, a tulip, and fero, to bear, on account of the resemblance 
the flowers of this tree Dear to those of tulips. It is called Poplar, from its general appearance to trees of the genus Populus ; 
White-wood, and Yellow Poplar, from the colour of its timber; Canoe-icood, from the use to which it is applied by the native 
Indians ; and Saddle-tree, from the form of its leaves. The French and German names are literal translations of Virginian 
Tulip-tree. 
Engravings. Michaux, North American Sylva, pi. 61 
cum, v., pi. 13; and the figures below. 
Audubon, Birds of America, pi. xii. ; Loudon, Arboretum Britanni- 
Specific Characters. Leaves smooth, truncate at the top ; 4-lobed, resembling a saddle in shape. Flow 
ers large, solitary, terminal, variegated with green, yellow, and orange colour ; furnished with two 
deciduous bracteas under the flowers. Don, Miller's Diet. 
Description. 
F all the deciduous 
trees of North Amer- 
ica, the Tulip-tree, 
W next to the sycamore, 
(Platanus occidentalis,) attains the amplest 
dimensions ; while the perfect straightness and 
uniform diameter of the trunk, the more regular 
distribution of its branches, and the greater 
richness of its foliage and flowers, give it a de- 
cided superiority over that tree, and entitle it to 
be considered one of the most magnificent pro- 
ductions of the temperate zones. It usually at- 
tains a height of sixty or eighty feet, with a 
diameter varying from eighteen inches to three 
feet; although, in favourable localities, it has 
been known to arrive at a height of one hun- 
dred and twenty to one hundred and forty feet, 
with a diameter of more than seven feet. The 
bark of the trunk, till it exceeds seven or eight inches in diameter, is smooth and 
even ; but afterwards it begins to crack, and the depth of the furrows is in pro- 
portion to the size and age of the tree. In the development of its leaves it differs 
from most other trees. The leaf-buds, in general, are comnosed of scales closely 
