RED MULBERRY. 
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wrights, but is sometimes employed in building for the covering which 
supports the shingles. As it is elastic and easily divided, it is used for the 
bottom of common chairs, and by the Indians for baskets. On the banks 
of the Ohio, it is frequently taken for the rails of rural fences, and is wrought 
with the greatest ease, as it is straight-grained and free from knots ; it is 
said also to afford excellent charcoal. 
The Hack Berry is certainly one of the most beautiful trees of its genus, 
and one of the most remarkable for height and for majesty of form. In rich 
soils the luxuriance of its vegetation is shown by sprouts 6, 8 and 10 feet 
in length, garnished on each side with large, substantial leaves. In France 
it is principally esteemed for the rapidity of its growth, and it is to be 
wished that its wood may be found valuable enough to entitle it to a place 
in our forests- 
PLATE CXY. 
A branch with leaves and fruit of the natural size. 
[Emerson has found the Hack Berry in Massachusetts, on the banks of 
the Connecticut river, but it is rare.] 
RED MULBERRY. 
Monœcia tetrandria. Linn, Urticeæ. Juss. 
Morus rubra, M. foliis cordatis, orbiculatis trilobisve, cequaliter serratis, scabris ; 
spicis femineis cylindricis. 
The northern extremity of lake Champlain and the banks of the river 
Connecticut, which I have assigned as the limits of the Tulip Tree, may 
also be assumed as those of the Red Mulberry. As a temperate climate 
is- favorable to its increase, it is more multiplied further south ; but in the 
Atlantic States it is proportionally less common than many other trees 
