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than for Western men, as there is more demand for it here 
than at the West ;. besides, we have such an abundance of . 
land on which very few other varieties would grow rapid- 
ly enough to be as profitable as this. It should also be 
remembered that a plantation of Larch would improve the 
land instead of impoverishing it, as the annual crop of 
leaves deposits more nutriment than the tree takes up, 
a fact well known in countries where this tree is exten- 
sively cultivated. 
LIR1I0opENDRON TuuipiFera. (TZtulip-tree Whitewood.) 
Leaves smooth, on slender petioles, partially three-lobed, 
the middle one appearing as though cut off; flowers about 
two inches broad, bell-shaped, greenish yellow, marked 
with orange; seeds winged, in a large cone-shape cluster, 
which falls apart in autumn. Fig. 36 shows a 
single seed as it appears when separated from the 
mass. It blooms in May and June, and the seeds 
ripen in late summer or early autumn, and should 
be sown as soon as ripe in good, moderately dry 
soil. They may remain in the seed-bed two years, 
if desirable, but should receive a slight protection 
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the first winter; tree of large size, sometimes one Rig, 36, 
hundred and thirty feet high, with a very straight stem ; 
wood light color, greenish-white, soft and light, not hard 
enough to receive a polish. It is much used in eabinet- 
work, and for making panels for carriages, and for any in- 
side work where toughness or a hard surface is not required. 
There is perhaps no native wood that will shrink more in 
* seasoning than whitewood, for it not only shrinks side- 
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