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Title: Trees of Texas; an illustrated manual of the native and introduced trees of the state
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Lewis, Isaac McKinney, 1878-1943
Subjects: Trees
Publisher: Austin, University of Texas
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: Metropolitan New York Library Council - METRO

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g point, heart-shaped or rounded at base, coarsely serrate, frequently 2-7,mostly 3, lobed, smooth above, hairy beneath, thin, darkbluish green, turning yellow before falling from the tree. Theflowers appear with the opening of the leaves; pistillate amentsabout half as long as the staminate. Fruit cylindric abouti/o-l^/^ long, dark purple or almost black when mature. Massachusetts to Ontario; ^Michigan and Nebraska, southto Florida and Texas. Occurs most frequently in moist situa-tions. In Texas it extends to the valley of the Colorado River. The wood is light, soft, but tough, takes a high polish, dur-able in contact with the soil. It has been used for cross ties 90 Bulletin of the University of Texas and posts, but the supply is not sufficient to be of mucli eco-nomic importance. The tree is hardj^ and easily transplanted.It has been extensively planted for ornament. 2. Morus alba L. White Mulberry. A tree reaching aheight of 40°-60° with diameter of 2°-3°, but usually smaller.
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Fig. 26. Moi^us alba. The trunk is short and low branched, forming a round toppedcrown. Bark thin, light gray, furrowed into rough ridges.Leaves thin, firm, ovate or ovate oval, sharp-pointed at theapex, lieart-shaped or rounded at the base, serrate, sometimeslobed, smooth, light green above, paler and hairy along theveins below. The staminate aments are slender, drooping, The Trees of Texai 91 the pistillate, ovate, shorter. The fruit is white, or pinkish,,sweet, edible, insipid. Introduced from Europe, where the leaves are used forfeeding the silk worm. It has been extensively planted forornament, and thrives best in rich moist soil. It grows well,however, on the dry prairies. 3. Morns microphylla Buckley. Texan ^Mulberry. A smalltree or shrub sometimes 30° high and 12-14 in diameterwith slender branches. The bark is smooth, thin, % thickor less, light gray, fissured with surface scales. Leaves ovate.

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