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three-lobed, all on the same stem, as shown by Fig. 135. They 

 are smaller than those of the true mulberry, of a bluish-green color, 

 and somewhat downy or hoary on the surface. The tree quickly 

 forms a neat umbrella-shaped top, from twelve to twenty feet high, 

 and grows in the neighborhood of Philadelphia to the height of 

 forty to fifty feet. From the rapidity of its growth it is adapted to 

 make verdant masses for screens, and has been used with good 

 effect for this purpose in the New York Central Park, where it 

 seems to be hardy. 



FIG. 



THE OSAGE ORANGE. Madura. 



This tree, much used of late years for farm and garden hedges, 

 when grown singly, is one of the most remarkable of small trees. 

 Its glossy orange-like foliage is so brilliant, and its erratic luxuri- 

 ance of growth so extraordinary, that it is difficult to realize that 

 plants of the same tree can be confined within the formal limits of 

 a narrow hedge. 



The Osage orange is a native of Missouri and Arkansas, and it 



