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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