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soms, which remind you of the sunny South, where live 

 my sisters, the Magnolias. 



Burr Oak (Joseph) : I would like to ask Tulip Tree 

 of what use he is? Michigan people have a right to 

 demand of us usefulness as well as beauty. 



Tulip Tree : I am not only valuable as an ornamental 

 shade tree, but I also furnish excellent timber for carriage 

 bottoms, furniture, and finishing houses. Years ago my 

 forefathers were numerous south of the Grande River 

 valley, and supplied food for laths and shingles, and 

 lumber in the place of the white pine. Our family is a 

 small one, represented in Michigan by a single species. 



White Oak : We shall be glad to hear from any 

 members of the Oak family living in Michigan. (Sixteen 

 members rise.) This is certainly a large family. I 

 recognize Chestnut as entitled to the floor. What claims 

 have you to rank in your family? 



Chestnut _(Lily): All botanists of the present day 

 agree that the beech, the ironwood, the blue beech, the 

 hazels, and the chestnuts are first cousins to the oak. I 

 live in four counties in the south-eastern part of the state, 

 and am well known for valuable timber, and for a good 

 crop of edible nuts. 



Beech: Upon my smooth, gray bark many a heart 

 history has been carved. The poet Campbell tells it so 

 beautifully : 



