Division of Forestry. 



PLATE 21. Coffee bean at Dodge City Station. 



tested. At Ogallah the best trees are nine feet high with a 

 diameter of three inches, and the trees show a vigor that is 

 most encouraging. At Dodge City a greater number have been 

 planted. The best are eighteen feet high and four inches in 

 diameter. In a number of localities in the Arkansas valley its 

 growth has been very satisfactory indeed, and it adds pleasing 

 variety to lawn and park plantings. 



RUSSIAN MULBERRY. 



The success of the Russian mulberry has been quite varied, 

 so much so that it is difficult to draw conclusions as to the wis- 

 dom of including it in a list for general planting. In northern 

 Kansas it has been injured very frequently in severe winters. 

 Young trees making vigorous growth have been killed back to 

 the ground in many instances, and upon older trees the 

 young wood is sometimes killed. The trees nearly always make 

 a good recovery, but unless carefully trimmed they present 

 an unkempt appearance, which is unpardonable in a lawn or 

 street tree. At Ogallah the mulberry is very poor. A few have 

 reached post size, but its behavior there will not warrant its 

 being recommended for northern Kansas. 



At Dodge City the mulberry has succeeded much better. 

 Even the best trees branch near the ground and are thick- 

 topped and shrubby owing to their having been winter in- 

 jured, but in spite of this their growth has been such as to make 

 them of considerable value for posts and poles. The best 



