I\u2019m reading an interesting book on trees (I should probably stop right there but I won\u2019t) and came upon this gem:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the original forests of America, the tuliptree was second in girth only to the sycamore. From the southern colonies in 1709 came the report of John Lawson, surveyor general, of a hollow tuliptree \u201cwherein a lusty Man had his Bed and Household Furniture, and liv\u2019d in it, till his Labour got him a more fashionable Mansion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From Trees of New England A Natural History<\/em> by Charles Fergus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019m reading an interesting book on trees (I should probably stop right there but I won\u2019t) and came upon this gem: In the original forests of America, the tuliptree was second in girth only to the sycamore. From the southern colonies in 1709 came the report of John Lawson, surveyor general, of a hollow tuliptree … <\/p>\n