TULIP-TREE. LAVENDER. 157 
irr. The rt7i7P-r/?EE(Liriodendrontulipifera) is an 
American production which yields avert/ beautiful and valuable 
Kind oj zoood. 
It sometimes grows to the height of sixty or seventy feet ; and 
has lobed leaves, and tulip-shaped flowers. 
While young, the wood of the tulip-tree is white but 
at an advanced age, it assumes a fine yellow colour or 
a streaked appearance of different shades of red This 
wood is equally useful in ornamental furniture, and as 
a timber for building. It is occasionally employed in 
the construction of light vessels ; and the trunks of 
tulip-trees are frequently hollowed by the Indians into 
canoes, \\hen they have been grown in a favourable 
soil and climate, one of them is sufficiently lar^e to 
be made into a canoe capable of containing several 
people. 
On account of its quick growth and easy culture, 
this noble tree well deserves the attention of planters 
in our own country. 
CLASS XIV. DIDYNAMIA. 
GYMNOSPERMIA. 
178. LAVENDER is a well-known perennial garden 
plant (Lavandula spica) which grows wild in the south of 
Europe, and the powers of which yield a grateful perfume. 
Such is the fragrance of this delightful flower, and 
so easy is its culture, that we can now scarcely enter a 
garden in which it is not found. Jt will grow in almost 
any soil, but it flourishes most luxuriantly in clayey 
ground ; and in situations whence, without inconve- 
nience it can be conveyed to the metropolis, it is a 
very valuable crop. 
