106 FOREST TREES. 
stand the fires that annually swept over these coun- 
tries before their settlement. 
The wood of the Tulip Tree is easily wrought, and 
yanks next to the White Pine for most uses to which 
that wood isapplied. Itis stronger and more durable 
than Pine, and is therefore better for some purposes. 
Lhe best timber is grown upon a deep, rich, loam. : 
Upon dry, gravelly soils, the wood is of inferior 
quality. 
For ornamental purposes, this tree is equalled by 
few. Its leaves are large, singular in form, and of a 
bright, glossy green ; the flowers are large, handsome, 
and of agreeable odor. They appear in great abund- 
ance on detached trees that are ten or twelve inches 
in diameter, and, in combination with the rich foliage, 
produce a fine effect. The trees will thrive in groves, 
or in clumps mingled with other trees, but produce 
the best effect standing singly. It is unfit fora street 
tree—it will not endure coal smoke, nor flourish in 
the atmosphere of cities and crowded villages. Except 
when small, it does not transplant well, unless it has 
been previously removed, or root-pruned once every 
two or three years. 
The seeds are winged and clustered together, sixty 
or seventy in number, in the form of a cone, which 
falls apart late in autumn, or in winter. The seed 
produced by young trees is generally worthless. On 
large trees, that from the upper branches is considered 
the best; but even of this a large part is commonly 
abortive. The seed may be sown in the fall, or mixed 
with sand and kept till spring. If the young plants 
