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Teas' Weeping Mulberry. — This, 

 the most pronounced weeper among 

 our ornamental trees, is a chance 

 seedling of the Russian mulberry, 

 having come up in a nursery row 

 nine years ago in the plantation of 

 John C. Teas, Carthage, Missouri. 

 The original seedling tree is still 

 only three feet high, although vigor- 

 ous. In the nursery row this seed- 

 ling trailed on the ground, while all 

 the others made the ordinary upright 

 growth. Grafted head high upon 

 vigorous Russian stocks, it makes a 

 most striking lawn tree. The 

 branches curve outward for a foot 

 two and then fall 



downward to the 



or 



straight 



ground. 



1. (b). The Nervosa 

 Sub-Group. — Morns 

 alba var. venosa, De- 

 lile. {M. nervosa of 

 Bon Jardinier and hor- 

 ticulturists. ) 

 The Nervosa mulberry, a spray of 



which is shown half size in the 



engraving, is a strange monstrosity 



of the white mulberry. Its leaves 



are contracted and jagged, and are 



very strongly marked with many 



white veins. It bears a fruit a half 



inch long. Among the horticultural 



curiosities, this tree should find a 



place, and it is to be regretted that it 



is not grown by our nurserymen. 



Its ornamental value is considerable, 



especially when striking efPects are 



desired. This tree is rare in Amer- 

 ica, and I do not know what are its 



adaptations to our climates, but there 



is apparently no reason to doubt its 



success if given a fair trial. A large 



specimen stands in the grounds of 



the deiiartment of agriculture at 



Washington. I do not know the 



history of the Nervosa mulberry, nor is it important for our present pur- 

 pose. Delile describes it in a French periodical so long ago as 1826. 



Nervosa Mnlbenr. 



