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2. LIRIODENDRON. The Tulip Tree. 



(From the Greek, lirion, lily and dendron, tree,) 



Liriodendron Tulipifera Linnaeus. Poplar. Yellow Poplar. 

 White Poplar. Hickory Poplar. White Wood. Plate 71. 

 Bark furrowed; leaves 4-6 lobed, very variable in form, smooth, 

 dark green and shiny above, paler beneath, large truncate and 

 notched at the apex, about 12 cm. (5 inches) wide and equally as 

 long, leaf stalks about the same length; flowers appear in May or 

 June on the ends of the branches on stalks about 2 cm. (1 inch) 

 long, large, bell-shaped, about 4 cm. (2 inches) deep, pale greenish- 

 yellow, sometimes tinged with orange red at the base inside; fruit 

 5-7 cm. (2-2^ inches) long, upright, many of which remain on the 

 tree during the winter. 



Distribution. Rhode Island and northern New York, south to 

 northern Florida, west to eastern Missouri and Arkansas. It is 

 well distributed in all parts of Indiana, occuring as somewhat fre- 

 quent in the northern part, rather rare in a few counties; and more 

 frequent in the southern part of the State, especially in the south- 

 western part where it attains its greatest development. It is 

 adapted to a rich moist soil with good drainage. One of Indiana's 

 largest and most useful trees. 



The published records of the distribution are as follows: Car- 

 roll (Thompson); Cass (Benedict and Elrod) and (Coulter); Clark 

 (Baird and Taylor) and (Smith); Dearborn (Collins); Decatur 

 (Ballard); Delaware (Phinney); Delaware, Jay, Randolph and 

 Wayne (Phinney); Fayette (Hessler); Fountain (Brown); Franklin 

 (Raymond) and (Meyncke); Gibson (Schneck); Hamilton (Wil- 

 son); Jefferson (Coulter); Knox (Ridgway) and (Thomas); Kos- 

 ciusko (Clark) and (Coulter); Lake (Higley and Radden); Marion 

 (Wilson); Miami (Gorby); Monroe (Blatchley); vicinity of New 

 Albany (Clapp); Noble (Van Gorder); Parke (Hobbs); Posey 

 (Schneck); Putnam (MacDougal); Shelby (Ballard); Steuben 

 (Bradner); Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Vigo (Blatchley); Wabash 

 (Benedict and Elrod). 



Additional records are: Montgomery (Coulter) and (Evans); 

 Putnam (Grimes); Tippecanoe (Coulter); Crawford, Decatur, 

 Fountain, Grant, Hancock, Harrison, Huntington, Laporte, Mor- 

 gan, Noble, Owen, Posey, Shelby, Steuben and Wells (Deam). 



Economic uses. Wood light, weak, soft, stiff, straight and mod- 

 erately coarse-grained, seasons and works well. The sap wood is 

 white and the heart wood a light yellow. The wood of young and 



