THE TULIP TREE. 



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inches in length, are glabrous, and very 

 broadly ovate, often truncate at the apex 

 as well as at the base. They usually 

 have two apical and from two to four 



old it loses the rather tame symmetry 

 of its youth. Though the branches of 

 old trees are gnarled and crooked and 

 angular, yet the foliage is disposed upon 



GREAT TULIP TREE AT ESHER PLACE. (Engraved for "Flora.") 



basal lobes. These lobes have rounded them in a light and graceful manner. The 

 sinuses. The glossy leaves are of a beau- large leaves seem to reflect the light 



tiful green colour, changing in the Fall 

 to a good yellow. As the tree becomes 



on their smooth surfaces. When one of 

 these grand trees grows in open ground 



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