MAGNOLIA FAMILY 



finally the red berries within break through the skin of the 

 covering, hang for a time on long white threads, and at length 

 become food for birds. Within the red pulp is a shining black 

 seed. Both fruit and bark are aromatic and somewhat bitter. 

 The Cucumber loves the mountain-side, the narrow valley, 

 and the banks of streams, an atmosphere constantly moist, a 

 soil deep and fertile. It is a magnificent tree for lawn plant- 

 ing, and thrives with but little attention. The only objection 

 that can be urged against it is its tendency to drop its leaves 

 more or less throughout the summer. 



TULIP-TREE. YELLOW POPLAR 



Liriodendron tuVpifera. 



Liriodendron, from two Greek words meaning lily and tree. 

 TuUpifcra, tulip-bearing. 



One of the largest and most beautiful of our natives trees, known 

 to reach the height of one hundred and ninety feet, with a trunk ten 

 feet in diameter ; its ordinary height, seventy to one hundred feet. 

 Found sparingly in New England, abundant on the southern shore of 

 Lake Erie and westward to Illinois. It extends south to Alabama and 

 Georgia, and is rare west of the Mississippi River. Prefers deep, 

 rich, and rather moist soil ; is common, though not abundant, nor is 

 it solitary. Roots fleshy. Growth fairly rapid. Typical form of 

 head conical. 



Bark. — Brown, furrowed ; branchlets smooth, lustrous, reddish at 

 first, later dark gray, finally brown. Aromatic and bitter. 



Wood. — Light yellow to brown, sapwood creamy white ; light, soft, 

 brittle, close, straight-grained. Used for interior finish of houses, 

 for siding, for panels of carriages, for coffin boxes, pattern timber, and 

 wooden ware. On account of the growing scarcity of the better 

 qualities of white pine, tulip wood is taking its place to some extent, 

 particularly when very wide boards are required. Sp. gr. ,0.4230; 

 weight of cu. ft., 26.36 lbs. 



Winter Bmis. — Dark red, covered with a bloom, obtuse ; scales 

 becoming conspicuous stipules for the unfolding leaf, and persistent 

 until the leaf is fully grown. Flower-bud enclosed in a two-valved, 

 caducous bract. 



Leaves. — Alternate, simple, feather-veined, five to six inches long, 

 as many broad, four-lobed, heart-shaped or truncate or slightly 



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