RED MULBERRY. 79 



feet and a diameter of 12 to 18 inches, it is most plentiful in the 

 Piedmont plateau, less so among the mountains, and is found 

 occasionally in the coastal plain region. 



rather irregular intervals of 

 Dt abundantly. Young seed- 

 rhat shaded places near the 



>othed leaves are very rough 

 tieath. The flowers occur in 

 and the flat-winged fruit is 

 id reddish-brown winter-buds 

 merous deeply seated lateral 



very close-grained, compact, 



il. The heartwood is dark 



It is used for wheel-stock, 



. shipbuilding. The muci- 



:et.) 



oken bark and smooth gray 

 i a diameter of 7 feet, 

 from western Massachusetts 

 southern Ontario, central 

 ikota, eastern Nebraska and 

 d the valley of the Colorado 

 opment in the basins of the 



l average height of 30 to 50 

 and an average diameter of 1 to 2 feet, it is found throughout, 

 being most abundant on the Piedmont plateau and very rare in the 

 mountain region. 



