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VERMONT AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



red mulberry. Morus rubra Linn. 



RED MULBERRY 

 Leaf and fruit, x %. 



The red mulberry was dis- 

 covered, at Pownal in south- 

 western Vermont by William 

 Oakes some seventy years 

 ago. W. W. Eggleston re- 

 cently found a few trees near 

 Pownal showing that it still 

 occurs there occasionally at 

 least. It is typically a more 

 southern tree and this station 

 is probably nearly at its 

 northern limit. It becomes a 

 tree of medium size at the 

 south, but these Pownal plants 

 were scarcely more than 

 shrubs, six to fifteen feet in 

 height. Students of trees in the 

 southern counties should be on 

 the lookout for it elsewhere. 



white mulberry. Morus alba Linn. 

 Some years ago there was considerable discussion and some experi- 

 ments upon the feasibility of silk-worm culture in the United States. At 

 this time the white mulberry was planted in many places in the state. 

 These trees have proved hardy and occasionally spontaneous seedlings have 

 appeared. 



MAGNOLIA FAMILY 



tuliptree. 



Liriodendron lulipifera Linn. 



The tuliptree is included in 

 this list of native Vermont 

 trees, although few native trees 

 can be pointed out. The tree 

 was authentically reported in 

 the Appendix to Thompson's 

 Vermont in 1853. It then oc- 

 curred occasionally in Ben- 

 nington county along the Hoo- 

 sac river. A single native speci- 

 men of it was recently reported 

 from North Pownal by M. Eg- 

 gleston, showing that it is not. 



yet extinct. It is to be hoped ,ipTre 



that tree lovers located in that Leaves, flowers and fruit, x ft. 



