Vol. XXXIX. No. 4. 
Whole No. 1565. 
NEW YORK, JAN. 24, 1880. 
Price Five Cents. 
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a mass of luxuriant foliage which entirely 
conceals the branches, and is most pleasing in 
its refreshing shade of green and firmness of 
texture during summer, and in its golden hues 
of fall. We are of those who believe that, as 
a rule, all pruning impairs in a greater or less 
degree the vigor or longevity of plants, though 
not, perhaps, appreciably so in many cases. 
How long our Tulip will remain healthy under 
this treatment rt^ 
mains to be seen. 
We are impressed, 
however, that the 
development of 
several branches 
by pruning, in the 
place of one 
branch when the 
tree is permitted 
to grow naturally, 
may change its 
size from one of 
the first magni¬ 
tude with an erect, 
columnar trunk, 
to one of compar¬ 
atively dwarf di¬ 
mensions ; i n 
Other words, that 
the vigor which 
in the woods is 
expended In the 
r ' growth of acolos- 
sal main stem, is 
j j 3y by cutting back 
distributed among 
a greatly in- 
Wf creased number 
w. J of lateral branches 
ara&gBjSi y and leaves. 
As to the second 
: objection; viz.: 
that it Is difficult 
pljn to transplant—an 
w objection promi- 
j nently set forth 
£»• by most authors— 
we may say from 
positive know- 
BgiSI W ledge that it is 
without founda- 
tion in fact. The 
' objections hold 
good in any at¬ 
tempts to trans¬ 
plant the tree from 
woods or fields as 
trees (Maples, e. 
g.) are usually 
trans p 1 a n t e d— 
that is by a partial 
cutting back of 
the branches. To 
be successful in 
transplanting the 
youngTulip, how¬ 
ever, not only 
must the secon¬ 
dary branches be 
eut back, but the 
entire stem to 
within two or 
three inches of the 
neck must be cut 
^ away so that the 
roots and neck 
are all that remain 
to be transplanted. 
Thus we have 
treated a number 
ourselves ; thus 
we * tnow hun- 
dreds of others 
being treated with 
^ no greater percen- 
tage of loss than 
. that which attends 
the transplanta¬ 
tion of the Sugar 
or 8wamp Maple. 
that the growth of trees and shrubs might 
change this to one of maturity and comfort. 
The Tulip, therefore, was employed to produce 
a quick effect. The third year it had made a 
growth so considerable tha* we were called 
upon to decide whether it should be cut back 
or removed, and the former alternative was 
adopted. It has been cut back yearly since 
with the result that we prized it last summer 
as one of the most beautiful lawn trees we have 
ever yet set eyes upon. The leaves are twice 
the size of those which grow in the woods and 
are perceptibly larger than those which grow 
upon trees of the same age under cultivation 
when not cnt back. Besides, the annual prun¬ 
ing has forced the growth of many lateral buds 
which would otherwise have remained dormant, 
so that the tree from spring till late autumn is 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
The Tulip Tree. — Llriodendron Tuliplfera. 
The Tulip Tree 1 the Tulip Tree! The queen 
of our forests for beauty, and yet how rarely 
seen in ornamen¬ 
tal grounds I The 
conservative Hr. 
Gray calls It a 
“most beautiful 
tree.” Hemsley 
says, “ It is one of 
the noblest hardy 
tree s." A. J. 
Downing says, 
“Whoever has 
once Been the Tu¬ 
lip Tiee in a situa¬ 
tion where tire soil 
was favorable to 
its free growth, 
can never forget 
it. . . It iB in 
our estimation de¬ 
cidedly the most 
stately tree in 
North America.” 
And so, through a 
long list, we could 
tell our n aders of 
the high eBllmh- 
tiou iu which it Is 
held by those who 
have made the 
study of plants an 
essential part of 
the work ot their 
lives. There are 
two erroneous im¬ 
pressions regard¬ 
ing ibis tree, 
which, iu a great 
measure, may a"- 
count for the fact 
that it Is rarely 
seen about Amer- ^ 
lean homes. 
One is that as it 
attains a n im- 
mense bight in the j-i V y 
forest or field, it is 
not suited to the 
lawn or home 
grounds. T h e 
other is that it is /<•;£>% 
difficult to trans- 
fully. As to the 
first, it is true that ‘ 'j'yVi ’ill 
the forest Tulip, 
towering up to a ///'I!, Vn-wls 
bight of 100 feet Wl 'i 
or more, with a -|| W* ljlft |lyg 
naked trunk two- jmj ■ ! ’'/ 
thirds of its bight, ",p 1 
does not commend 
itself as being val- w ''M&ffi&p 
uable for purely wljllHijly 
ornamental pur- mb®; if 
poses. Let ns HHi f 
dwell upon this 
objection for a 
momeut:— Seven '|fa 
years ago, we re- 'fei 
moved a yonng ^ 
tree from a near ' 
field and Bet it 
within tweuty feet 
of onr dwelling. 
The grouuds were 
new and presented 
that bleak, bare 
appearance which, 
makes one wish 
for the seasons to 
hasten around, 
^ II imirr rnmmm 
THE TULIP TREE—Liriodendron Tuliplfera.—From Life.—Fig. 14 
