CHAPTER XXVI. 
YELLOW WOOD. 
Its Rarity and Limited Height. Where Found and General Char- 
acteristics. —Manner of Preserving and Sowing its Seed. — The 
Dogwood. — Cornel Dogwood. —Its Singularity of Species and 
Diffused Growth. —Its Ornamental and Useful Advantages. — 
Method of Preparing and Sowing its Seed.— The Jamaica Dog- 
wood.—Description and Medicinal Properties —The Date Plum. 
—Persimmon. —Its Usual Height and Size.— Peculiarities of its 
Foliage and Bark. — Effect of Frost on its Fruit. — Description 
and Uses of its Wood. — Preserving its Seed. — The Mulberry. — 
Red Mulberry. — Where Found, Attainable Height, and Manner 
of Growth. — Durability and Uses of its Wood. —Its Ornamental 
Value.—-How to, Obtain its Seed.—The Black Mulberry.—Its For- 
eign Origin. —Its Comparative Growth and Productiveness. — Its 
Dedication. —Weight of its Wood per Cubic Foot. — Effect of Age 
on its Fruitfulness. —The White Mulberry-tree. —Its Main Dis- 
tinguishing Feature. —Its Growth. — Countries to which Indige- 
nous. — Purpose for which Introduced into the United States, and 
Results. 
Tuis is a rare tree, and seldom exceeds forty feet in 
height. It is found in Kentucky and Tennessee, and 
according to William OC. Bryant is much more hardy sev- 
eral degrees farther north. The foliage is quite brilliant 
and has a very sweet odor, only, to my notion, a little 
heavy and dead. The flowers are in long, pendulous 
clusters. This tree would make quite a valuable timber 
tree; but, owing to its scarcity, it has never been used. 
When first planted it is said to be of slow growth, but 
after the first two or three years takes a sudden start, 
goes ahead quite rapidly, and soon reaches its full height. 
The seed of this tree should be kept in rotten wood, 
or in damp sand, during the winter, and covered very 
