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' 9. M. TRIPETALA, Linnaeus. Leaves lanceo- 

 late, inclining often to wedge-shaped. Petals 

 about twelve; exterior ones spreading. Fruit 

 almost cylindrical. Umbrella-tree. Native 

 of the Middle and Southern States. Flowers 

 in June. 



Its large leaves and loose flowing branches 

 give it a peculiar appearance, well meriting 

 its popular name. Near any artificial deco- 

 rations, in a garden, it is a very appropriate 

 tree. Its leaves fall with the first frost. It 

 thrives well in a cool deep loam, having an 

 abhorrence to soils of a dry, stony nature. 

 The best Bartram specimen is about forty 

 feet high and three feet in circumference. 



It is propagated and cultivated as the 

 others. 



MORUS, Tournefort. Nat. Ord. Moraceee. 

 Monoecia, Tetrandria, Linn. Calyx 4-parted. 

 Flowers (in the male) in loose spikes without 

 a corolla. Female flowers in dense spikes. 

 Stigmas two. Calyx becoming a berry, each 

 bearing one seed. 



1. M. ALBA, Linnceus. Leaves obliquely 



