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is a stronger, and makes the finest tree. It 

 thrives best in a cool but not wet loam ; but 

 will grow in any dry situation. The best 

 Bartram specimen is forty -one feet high by 

 three feet in circumference. 



There is a much finer specimen in Mr. 

 Pierce's arboretum. 



BKOUSSONETIA, Ventenat.Nat. Ord. Mo- 

 raceao. Dioecia, Tetrandria, Linn. Male flow- 

 ers in pendulous cylindrical catkins. Fe- 

 male, peduncled, in upright globular heads. 

 Fruit, club-shaped. 



B. PAPYRIFERA, Ventenat. Leaves large, 

 downy; some entire, others deeply lobed. 

 Paper-mulberry. Native of Japan. 



This tree was formerly in much request 

 for shade. Its wide-spreading branches adapt 

 it well for that purpose. In other respects, 

 it possesses no beauty, and as it throws out 

 many troublesome suckers, it is not now 

 much sought after. It is very apt to be 

 killed by severe winters. It grows to forty 

 or fifty feet high. There are no very large 

 specimens at Bartram, the original trees 

 having been rooted out. In very dry situa- 



