Tree: Tulip Poplar
Latin name: Liriodendron tulipifera
Pennsylvania German name: Bable Bawm
Location: Arboretum at F&M College
Above: Tulip poplar tree at Dietz Hall, F&M College.
Tulip Poplar described in
Plant Names and Plant Lore among the Pennsylvania Germans (1927)
By David Lick and Thomas Brendle:
Above: The head of this book’s publication committee was Dr. B. F. Fackenthal, Jr.. He also was chairman of the F&M College Board during that time. The college’s Shadek-Fackenthal Library is named for him. The book was published by the Pennsylvania German Society. Dr. Fackenthal was president of that historical society in 1913. Records of the society are archived in F&M College’s special collections.
The book was printed in Lancaster by the Lancaster Press. That building today is the condo building named The Lancaster Press Building, on N. Duke St. and Lemon St.
Above: Base of a tulip poplar in a drift of Rhododendron.
In front of Shadek-Fackenthal Library, F&M College.
Links:
Caroline Steinman Nunan Arboretum at F&M College
Tulip poplar on the college’s arboretum page
Map of the trees of this campus arboretum
Plant Names and Plant Lore… Full text on Internet Archive