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CASE No. 12. Tulip Tree {Llrlodendron tuUpifera, L.). 

 2. A large tree of North America. Wood fine and even 

 grained ; used in America for cabinet work, door panels^ 

 &c. Imported into this country in considerable quantities 

 as Whitewood or Poplar for similar purposes. The 

 inner bark is used under the name of Yellow Poplar 

 Bark as a stimulant tonic. 



Custard Apple Order {Anonaceae). Trees or shrubs,, 

 often climbing and aromatic, natives chiefly of the tropics 

 of the Old World. Several afford excellent fruits. 



No. 13. Wood of Dugiietia quifarensis, Bth., a tree 

 of South America, said to be one of the Lancewoods of 

 coach-builders. Note also Bocagea laurifoUa, B. & H., 

 which affords White Lancewood, and B. virgata^ 

 B. & H., Black Lancewood, shipped from the West 

 Indies ; the two latter are the chief sources of supply. 



Observe fruits of CALABASH NuTMEG {Monodora 

 grandiflora^ Bth.), a tree of West Tropical Africa. 

 The seeds are aromatic, and used by the natives as a 

 condiment. 



No. 14. Cherimoyer {Anona Gherimolia, Mill.). A 

 delicious fruit, produced by a small tree of Ecuador and 

 Peru, now widely distributed in sub-tropical countries. 



No. 15. Sour Sop {Anona miiricata, L.). A small 

 evergreen tree of Tropical America. The fruit is edible 

 and has an acid flavour. 



No. 16. Sweet Sop {Anona squamosa, L.). A low 

 stunted tree of irregular growth, native of Tropical 

 America. The leaves, seeds and immature fruits contain 

 an acid principle destructive to insect life. 



No. 17. Bullock's Heart or Custard Apple 

 {Anona reticulata, L.). A low spreading tree of Tropical 

 America The fruit is edible, and is employed medicinally 

 as an anti-dysenteric and vermifuge. 



Note also fruits of the ALLIGATOR Apple {Anona 

 palustris, L.), a low tree of Tropical America, found on 

 marshy shores. The fruit, said to be narcotic and even 

 poisonous is, however, greedily eaten by alligators ; the 



