TULIP TREE; YELLOW POPLAR (Liriodendron ruttplfera, Linn.). 80 to NO feet. Stately tree with tall trunk and short branches, forming a conical head that spreads irregularly at length. Bark thick, brown, closely furrowed. Wood light, soft, pale yellow, easily worked, weak, brittle, used for wooden ware, shingles, house construction and finishing, boat building, wood pulp. Buds long, blunt at tip; end ones much longer. Leaves alternate, 5 to 6 inches long and broad, 3 or 4 lobed, with shallow sinuses, end abruptly squared or slightly notched at the apex. Color dark green, shining above, pale beneath, turning a clear yellow. Flowers May, tulip-like, greenish yellow petals 6, with splash of orange near middle, forming a band around the cup. Sepals 3, greenish, recurved. Stamens
numerous, with large yellow anthers. Pistils numerous, shingled over each other to form a cone-like central spike. Fruit 2 to 3 inches long, erect cone, made of dry, winged, flat seed cases, few of which contain fertile seeds. Dist.: Ver mont to Florida, west to Illinois, Arkansas, Alabama, and Mis sissippi. Most abundant and largest in forests of the Lower Ohio Valley, and on uplands of North Carolina and Tennessee. Preferred habitat, deep rich soil. Favorite shade and orna mental tree, planted for its flowers and luxuriant foliage.