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This tree was introduced into England about 16 fi 8 : and 
is now to be found in almost every gentleman’s park on ihe 
Continent of Europe, so highly is it esteemed as an 
ornamental tree of the first class. We hope that the fine 
native specimens yet standing, here and there, in farm lands 
along our river banks, may be sacredly preserved from 
the barbarous infliction of the axe, which formerly 
despoiled without mercy so many of the majestic denizens 
of our native forests. 
In the western states, where this tree abounds, it is much 
used in building and carpentry. The timber is light and 
yellow, and the tree is commonly called the Yellow Poplar 
in those districts, from some fancied resemblance in the 
wood, though it is much heavier and more durable than 
that of the poplar. 
When exposed to the weather, the wood is liable to 
warp, but as it is fine grained, light, and easily worked, it is 
extensively employed for the panels of coaches, doors, 
cabinet-work, and wainscots. The Indians who once 
inhabited these regions, hollowed out the trunks, and made 
their canoes of them. There are two sorts of timber 
known ; viz. the Yellow and the White Poplar, or Tulip 
tree. These, however, it is well known are the same 
species (L. tulipifera) ; but the variation is brought about 
by the soil, which if dry, gravelly, and elevated, produces 
the white, and if rich, deep, and rather moist, the yellow 
timber. 
It is rather difficult to transplant the Tulip tree when it 
has attained much size, unless the roots have undergone 
preparation, as will hereafter be mentioned ; but it is easily 
propagated from seed, or obtained from the nurseries, and 
the growth is then strong and rapid. 
