Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive

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Identifier: handbookoftreeso00houg (find matches)
Title: Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Hough, Romeyn Beck, 1857-1924
Subjects: Trees -- North America
Publisher: Lowville, N. Y., The author
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: NCSU Libraries

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PAPER MULBERRY. Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) Vent.
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Fig. 22y. Portions of branches showing mature fruit, i ; leafy branchlet, . 228. Base of an old gnarled trunk at Suffolk, Va. 229. Trunk of a younger tree with leaves at base, near New York. 230. Wood structure magnified 15 diameters. branchlets in winter, 3. Handbook of Trees of the Xohtiiekx States axd C. 201 The l*a))ei- Mulberry is an introduced treefrom eastern Asia and the neigliboring islands.Introduced into this country for ornamentalpurposes it has cscajicd and become naturalizedill many h>ca)ities in tlie Atlantic states fromXe\ York to Florida and as far west as ilis-souri. It does not often attain a greaterheight tlian 40 or 50 ft. but develops a wide-spreading rounded top of ample vigorous foli-age and short trunk 3 or 4 ft. in thickness.Tlie bark of young trunks is quite smooth andliandsomely reticulated Avith pale yellow lines.Old trunks commonly become singularlyniiarlcd and convoluted. The tree is calledPaper Mulberry from the fact that paper ofvery good quality i

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