LIRIODENDRON TULIPIF'ERA. 
TULIP TREE. 
Class. Order 
TOLYANDRIA. POLYCYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
MAGN0LIACE2R. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration 
Introduced 
N. America 
60 feet. 
July & Aug. 
Perennial. 
in 1663. 
No. 812. 
The name, Liriodendron, is deduced from the 
two Greek words, LlRlON,a lily; dendron, a tree. 
The flower, however, bears less resemblance to the 
lily than the tulip, on which the specific name has 
been founded. 
This is one amongst the many exotic forest trees 
which have a strong claim on English taste, for more 
abundant patronage. It is well said by Phillips, 
that the vegetable world cannot present us with a 
more interesting object than a tree of such exalted 
stature, covered with a foliage so singular and 
beautiful, as is the Tulip Tree of North America. 
Its spreading branches give an extensive shade, 
whilst they are covered with an immensity of large 
and variegated flowers, that appear placed on the 
boughs, like so many porcelain vases, to catch the 
dews of heaven. 
In Pennsylvania this tree is very abundant, 
and in height and thickness is scarcely excelled 
by any inhabitant of the forest. It has been 
observed with a trunk exceeding thirty feet in cir- 
cumference, and its height more than a hundred 
and thirty. In our own country many specimens 
