102 TREES OF NEW ENGLAND. 



moist loam. Young trees grow rather slowly and are more 

 or less distorted, and trees of the same age often vary con- 

 siderably in size and habit ; hence it is not a desirable street 

 tree, but it appears well in ornamental grounds. A disease 

 which seriously disfigures the tree is extending to New Eng- 

 land, and the leaves are sometimes attacked by insects. 

 Occasionally offered by nurserymen and easily transplanted. 



Plate LI. Celtis occidentals. 



1. Winter buds. 3. Sterile flower. 



2. Flowering branch. 4. Fertile flower. 



5. Fruiting branch. 



MORACE^. MULBERRY FAMILY. 



Morus rubra, L. 



Mulberry. 



Habitat and Range. Banks of rivers, rich woods. 



Canadian shore of Lake Erie. 



A rare tree in New England. Maine, doubtfully re- 

 ported ; New Hampshire, Pemigewasset valley, White moun- 

 tains (Matthews) ; Vermont, northern extremity of Lake 

 Champlain, banks of the Connecticut (Flagg), Pownal (Oakes), 

 North Pownal (Eggleston) ; Massachusetts, rare ; Rhode 

 Island, no station reported ; Connecticut, rare ; Bristol, 

 Plainville, North Guilford, East Rock and Norwich (J. N. 

 Bishop). 



South to Florida ; west to Michigan, South Dakota, and Texas. 



Habit. A small tree, 15-25 feet in height, with a trunk 

 diameter of 8-15 inches ; attaining much greater dimensions 

 in the Ohio and Mississippi basins ; a wide-branching, rounded 

 tree, characterized by a milky sap, rather dense foliage, and 

 fruit closely resembling in shape that of the high blackberry. 



Bark. Trunk light brown, rough, and more or less fur- 

 rowed according to age ; larger branches light greenish-brown ; 

 season's shoots gray and somewhat downy. 



