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erect trunk, and in the amplitude of its leafy head, it even 

 surpasses these, and all other deciduous trees of this country, 

 and is only equalled for its breadth by the Button wood. In 

 favorable soils and situations it attains the great height of 140 

 feet, and Michaux's father saw one, near Louisville, Ky., 

 which measured 22 feet 6 inches in circumference. 



THE TULIP TREE. 



Though common throughout the Middle States, it is 

 but rarely introduced into ornamental grounds, or planted 

 as a shade tree. Its roots, like the magnolia, are large, soft, 

 and fleshy, easily bruised or broken, with few small fibres, 

 and will not bear the rough usage under which the elm, ma- 



