XL. 2. THE TULIP TREE. 531 
white, soft, smooth, fine-grained, and is very easily wrought, 
and bent to any required shape. It comes into Massachusetts 
from New York, usually im square cornered boards 3 feet wide 
and 12 feet long. 
Considerable numbers of this tree are found in several towns 
on Westfield River, particularly in Russell. It is also found 
native, very rarely, in the eastern part of the State. 
The tulip tree is found abundantly in Canada West, and 
the Western States, where it sometimes reaches the height of 
120 or 140 feet with a diameter of 5 or6. In New England, 
and along the Atlantic coast to Florida, it does not reach these 
ample dimensions, but is still a very noble tree. Michaux 
thinks that, next to the buttonwood, it attains, in favorable sit- 
uations, in a deep, cool, moist soil, the largest size of any tree in 
the United States. 
The tulip tree is readily propagated by seeds, which require 
a fine, soft mould, and a cool and shady situation. If sown in 
autumn, they come up the succeeding spring, but if sown in 
spring, they often remain a year in the ground. Varieties are 
propagated by layers or by budding or grafting. This tree, like 
the magnolias, has few fibres on its roots, and is, therefore, not 
readily transplanted. 
