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lawn or park, we conceive the tulip tree eminently adapted ; 

 its tall upright stem, and handsome summit, contrasting nobly 

 with the spreading forms of most deciduous trees. It should 

 generally stand alone, or near the border of a mass of trees, 

 where it may fully display itself to the eye, and exhibit all 

 its charms from the root to the very summit; for no tree of the 

 same grandeur and magnitude is so truly beautiful in every 

 portion of its trunk and branches. Where there is a taste for 

 avenues, the Tulip tree ought by all means, to be employed, 

 as it makes a most magnificent overarching canopy of ver- 

 dure, supported on trunks almost architectural in their sym- 

 metry. The leaves also, froiji their bitterness, are but little 

 liable to the attacks of any insect. 



This tree was introduced into England about 1668; and 

 is now we are informed, to be found in almost every gentle- 

 man's park on the continent of Europe, so highly is it es- 

 teemed as an ornamental tree of the first class. We hope 

 that the fine native specimens yet standing here and there, 

 in farm lands along our river banks, may be sacredly pre- 

 served from the barbarous infliction of the axe, which form- 

 erly despoiled without mercy, so many of the majestic deni- 

 zens of our native forests. 



In the western states, where this tree abounds, it is much used 

 in building and carpentry. The timber is light and yellow, 

 and the tree is commonly called the Yellow Poplar, in those 

 districts, from some fancied resemblance in the wood, though 

 it is much heavier and more durable than that of the poplar. 



When exposed to the weather, the wood is liable to warp, 

 but as it is fine grained, light, and easily worked, it is exten- 

 sively employed for the pannels of coaches, doors, cabinet- 

 work, and wainscoats. The Indians who once inhabited these 

 regions, hollowed out the trunks, and made their canoes of 



