FOREST TREES 



ripens in the fall. When the seeds 

 have scattered, the open cones, upright 

 in position, remain for a long time on 

 the tree, where they are strikingly 

 ornamental. 



Esthetically the most important fea- 

 ture of the tulip tree is an expression of 

 dignity and stateliness, which gives it 

 a character of its own. Its extraordi- 

 nary size renders it a conspicuous ob- 

 ject in the forest, the more so because 

 we usually find it associated with a va- 

 riety of other trees of quite different 

 aspect. Michaux, who has told us 

 much about the forest flora of the east- 

 ern United States, could find no tree 

 among the deciduous kinds, except the 

 buttonwood, that would bear compari- 

 son with it in size, and he calls it " one 

 of the most magnificent vegetables of 

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