This fruit is good for fevers and rheumatisms; and it is much sought after by birds and all kinds of poultry, who devour it greedily.
"So much for the white and black mulberry-tree.

We now come to the third species, the red (_Morus rubra_).
"That is the red before your face," continued Lucien, pointing to the trees, which he had already designated.

"It is so called from the fruit, which, as you know, are of a dark red colour, and resemble red raspberries more than anything in the world.

Some of these trees, you see, are nearly seventy feet in height, though it usually does not reach so high.

You notice the leaves.