100 CONVERSATIONS OX TUB 



"And will not that laurel grow in this 

 country?" 



" I should think it would, from its being so 

 much like the red bay ; and I dare say it will 

 be introduced and cultivated in Florida, and 

 the Carolinas and Georgia, by-and-by. No\v, 

 my children, I believe we have done with the 

 magnolias and laurels." 



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" Uncle Philip, I saw a curious tree once at 

 Oyster Bay in Long Island, that had a very 

 beautiful large flower, and a cone somewhat 

 like the cones of the magnolias ; but they 

 called it a tulip-tree ; I believe there was only 

 that one anywhere about Oyster Bay, at least 

 so they told me." 



" Oh, I know what you mean ; the flowers 

 are very large, with yellow and red leaves, 

 and a sort of spike in the middle. Some 

 people call it white wood, and many give it 

 the name of poplar ; but tulip-tree is the 

 most proper name, as the flower is something 

 like a tulip, and there is a different tree that 

 is always called poplar. 



"The tulip-tree grows to a magnificent 

 size ; it is found in most parts of the Middle 

 States, and still more abundantly at the west. 



