TULIP TKEE 



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a Ijranch as shown in Fig. 73. The tree flowers in the latter 

 part of May but the cup that holds the flower persists 



Fig. 73.— The Tulip Tree. 



throughout the winter. The leaf, Fig. 75, has four lobes, 

 is nearly as broad as it is long and so notched at the upper 

 end that it looks different from any other leaf. 



