When standing alone, and encouraged in its lateral growth, it will indeed often produce a lower head, but it.s tendency is lo rise; and it only exhibits itself in all its stateliness and majesty, when, supported on such a noble columnar trunk, it towers far above the heads of its neighbors of the park or forest. Even when at its loftiest elevation, its large specious blossoms, which, from their form, one of our poets has likened to a cljalice --

Through the verdant maize

The tulip tree Its golden chalice oil triumphantly displays --

Pickering.

• Indian deeds warrant of survey, Albany Rec. Lib. i. 4.

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jilt out from amid the tufted canopy in the month of June, and glow in richtiess and beauty. This tree was introduced into Enghind about 1G68, and is now, we are informed, to be found in ahp.ost every o:entlemnn's park on the continent of Europe, so highly is it estimated as an ornamental tree of tfie first chiss.''*

We hope tliat the numerous specimens of this noble tree yet standing in Westchester county may i3e sacredly preserved from the barbarous infliciion of the axe, which has heretofore dispoiled without mercy so many of our majestic forest trees.

The next notice of tlie purchase occurs in the following warrant for its survey, A. D. 1695-6.

By his Excellency the Governor in Council, i^'c. -- You are hereby required to survey and lay out, for John Harrison, a certain tract of land in Westchester county which he hath purchased by virtue of a license, b^arius: date the second day of August last past, bounded to the south by the trees of Mr. Budd's purchase, west by Mamaroneck river, easlwardly by Blind brook, and north by Kyepond, and this shall be to you a sufficient warrant.