No. i. CANARY WHITEWOOD. Liriodendron 



tulipifera. Linn. 

 PLATE I. FIG. i. 



Natural Order. Magnoliaceae. 

 Synonyms. L. procera. Salisb. : L. tulipiflor.* 

 Liriodendron. Mill. 



Sources of Supply. The United States of Ai, 

 Alternative Nantes. Whitewood, Canadian 

 Tree, Canary wood, Poplar, Yellow Poplar, 

 Canoe-wood, Yellow-wood, Saddle T 



Physical Characters. Weight 26 i . per cu. ft. 



Grade 7, soft, compare En.- 



. Burns well and quietly, r> still air. Solution 



water or alcohol colourless. 

 .>?. Very fine but spon 

 lustre being due to the shinii. 

 Bark. Very thick, as much as 

 2 layers. The inner layer of tht 

 that it may be overlooked, 

 and nearly white in colour 

 ly marked in transverse ? 



., etc. " In works of const: i, ~. 



Building, wooden pumps 

 ., brittle, easily worked 

 'irink, durable" (95). 

 illy, in England. Mc - 

 ind sawn planks of fine dim- 

 by 2-4 diam." (TOO). 

 'lorities. Nordlinger 

 4. Boulger (12-15). - 

 No. 8. Robb (95). 

 is frequently coi^ 

 ;n re (English) and othe; win' 

 itr. Wliite, . 

 brownisl i 



Cynical ' Trans\ 



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 ig : somev. 

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