CHAPTEE III. 



I. Simple Alternate Leaves. 



1. Without teeth. B. Edge divided. 



-THE TULIP TREE AND SASSAFRAS. 



Tulip Tree— '^^^ *^^P *^®® '■^ ^^®° known as white- 



Whitewood. wood, but this name is commonly ap- 

 Liriodendron plied to the lumber. The wood, 



however, is tar irom whvte ; it is 

 rather dull greenish yellow, sparingly streaked here 

 and there with dark or blackish brown. This tree is 

 often a remarkable sight in May or June, with its 

 countless greenish-yellow "tulips," touched inside 

 with orange, which measure four or more inches 

 across. The whole effect of color is worth study. 

 It is as aesthetic and lovely as it is curious amid the 

 plainer green of other trees. 



The tulip tree attains a gigantic size in the South 

 and West; it measures not infrequently 140 feet 

 in height and eight feet in diameter; sometimes 

 specimens are found which are 160 to 190 feet in 



height. The trunk often carries an almost uniform 



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