The tuliptree, or "yellow" this, was planted by Washington at Mt. Vernon, & Daniel Boone used its wood in his canoe
Despite its 
stature, the tulip tree is perhaps most known and loved for its large, yellow and 
orange, ... Daniel Boone used tulip wood to carved canoes from its light, eighty ... 
zero he planted in 1785 being selected as Mount Vernon's official... [DOC] [TLE] THE TREES OF MILLSAPS COLLEGE [PAR] 20. tuliptree.