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out from the wings of the leaves on each fulc the 

 ftalk i thefe have very long tubes, which arc [lender 

 at the bottom, but are enlarged upward, and arc a 

 little incurved ; the brim fpreads open v;ith two large 

 lips, the upper lip is indented at the top and round- 

 ed, the lower lip is cut into three obtufe fcgments -, 

 tinder the lip are fituated two briltly Ilamina which 

 are crooked, and crowned with yellow fummirs. 

 Thefe flowers appear in July, but I never had any 

 feeds fucceed them. Some of the flowers are white, 

 Und others of a purplifh red on the fame plant.- 

 This plant is propagated by feed, which fliould be 

 • fown foon after it is ripe in the autumn, otherwife the 

 plants v/ill not come up the following fummer; for I 



■ ■ have feveral times obferved, where the feeds have 

 been fown in the fpring, they have remained in the 



; ground fourteen or fifteen months before the plants 

 have appeared. Thefe feeds fliould be fown in the 

 places where the plants are to remain, becaufe they 

 fend forth tap-roots, which run very deep into the 

 ground ; and when thefe are broken or injured in 

 tranfplanting, the plants feldom thrive after. They 

 may be fown in open beds or borders of frefti light 



i earth, being careful to mark the places, that the 

 ground may not be difliurbed ; for it frequently hap- 

 pens, that the feeds do not come up the firft year, 

 when they are fown in autumn ; but when they are 

 fown in the fpring, they never come up the fame 

 year. The ground where the feeds are fownmufl: be 



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ris inftar ramofa, foliis ampliffimis. Pluk. Phyt ta^ 

 246. tol. 4. Virginia MnU'erry Lranchm like fbe i'^t.l' 



tree, having voy large ieaz^'s. 



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Cliff. 441. Mil kn-y with cbliquc, fnwolh, heart-(ha,'l'l 



ilu albo. C. B. P. ^.o. a4;^,^' 



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Morus fru6 



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MoRus {1m;:Joria) fohis obliqv.e cordatis acuminnis 

 hu-iutis. Mulberry -ji;ith cbltque, heart-fl^nped, acut^ 

 •pointed^ hairy haves. Morus fruftu vindi, li^nofar 

 phureo tindorio. Sloan. Hill. Jam. 2. p. 3. M^n^^.^' 

 with a green fruity is^hofe wood dyes a julphur cchur 

 Fujtick wood, . Y 



MoRus (Papyri/era) fohis palmatis, fruflibus hifp* 

 dis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 986. Mulberry ^ivith hand-fiatd 

 leaves and prickly fruit. Morus lativa, foliis urtic 

 mortu^E, cortice papyrifera. Kcemp, Amcen.471. Q^^i 

 tiv at ed Mulberry with leaves like Dead Nettle^ and cf 

 whofe bark paper is made. , 



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{Tatarica) foliis 



ovato-oblongis 



, MoRus yj. ut-u/ituj luiiib uviiLu-uuiungis ntriDoue 

 iequalibus, in^quahter ferratis. Flor. Zeyl. 337, jvf/^/, 

 berry with cval oblong leaves^ which are equal on loth 



ftdes^ but unequally Jawed. Tinda-parua, Hort. Mai 

 t. p. 87. fol. 49. ■,. . . J, 



, MoRus {Zantbcxylum) foliis ovato-obloncris acumina- 



Mulberry 



kept clear from weeds, which is all that is neceflTary 1 Phyt. 239. fol. 3. 



long^ acute-pQintea leaves^ which are oblique to the foot- 

 fia% and prickly branches. Zanthoxylum aculeatum, 

 carpini foliis, Americanum, cortice cinereo. Pluk! 



to be done, until the plants come up; where they 

 are too clofe together, they fliould be thinned while 

 young, fo as to leave them near eighteen inches apart •, 



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The firfl; fort is the common black Mulbcrry-trce, 



which is cultivated for the delicacy of its fruit. This 

 after which time, they will require no other culture J tree grows naturally in Perfia, from whence it was 



but to keep them confl:antly clear from weeds ; and I firfl: brought to the fouthern parts of Europe, but is 



ifi the fpring, jufl: before the plants put but *newX-;\.Jipw become common in every part of Europe, where 

 leaves, to dig the ground gently between them, and !•*• the winters: ar^^HOtj^ery fevere; for in the norrhcrn 

 lay a little frefli earth, over the fi]rfai:e of the bed |>h parts of Sweden, thefe trees will not live in the open 



air ; and m feveral parts of Germany they arc planted 

 againffiValls, and treated in the fame way as Peach, 

 and other tender fruits are here. 



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. to encourage thern^ ^•xVAf ..-jt 



In autumn thefe plants decay to the ground, and 

 -■* 'fend forth rieW leaves *the following fpring, but it will 



be' three years from the time of the plants firfl: coming 



^^T*»P tQ.tJbsir^Qpwering, thoueh |fter that time they will 



fei}iiower every feafon ; and the roots will continue ma- 



' "X y^^^^, provided they are not difl:urbed, or killed 



t)y very leverefroft. M w^ - V ^r:f ; -r^. #V^> i^>^4y^ 

 MORU3. Xourn. Inft, R, ^^589/ tab/'^^s. Lin. 

 *" I Gen. Plant. 936. [of/xaufof, black, becaufe its fruit ^ 

 ': is ordinarily fo.] The Mulberry-tree; in French, 



Murier. 





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Thefe trees are generally of both fexcs, having male 

 flowers or kaxkjfi^ . on the fame tree with the fruit; 

 but It often happens, that fome of the trees which 

 aw'^raifed from feeds^-have generally male flowers, 

 and produce no fruit ; fo that thofe who plant thefe 

 trees for their fruit, ihould never make choicS of 

 fuch as have been propagated by feeds, unkfs they 

 have {ttvi them produce fruit in the nurfery. "It is 

 alfo the fureft: way to mark fuch trees as are fruitful 

 in the niirfery, at the time when their fruit is upon 



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It hath male flowers growing at feparate diftances from] them, becaufe thofe trees which are propagated by 

 the female on the fame tree. The male flowers are col- \ -layers, are fometimes of the male fort; for I have 



■^ le£led in long taper ropes or katkins ; thefe have no petals^ 

 X^ytut have four dwl-Jhaped erep ftamina^ 'which are'. 

 ^ -longer than the empalement^ terminated by flngle fummits. * 

 fhefemaUfiwkffareM^^ roundifh heads ; thefe \ 



■'i'. lave no petals y but a peai^f-fiaped germen^ fupporting) 

 ' two long^ Toughjf '^^fi^^^^fly^^s-ijcr owned by flngle 



The empalement of thefe afterward %ecome large^ fl^Jhy-i 

 Jucculent fruity compofed- of feveral protuh^eranees. in each 

 ^^of which is lodged one oval feed. , g,^ ^^"'* "^ 

 *^ ^-This genus is raiiged. in the fourth fedion of Lirihas-' 

 >^*\js's twenty-firfl; clafs,^ which contains thofe plants! 



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; > which have male and female flowers at feparate dif- 



f. 



'j/^l^pRus {Nigra) foUi$ cordatW' /HDrt. Cliff. 441. 

 ^"^C-M^berry with rough heart-fhaped leaves. Morus fruilu 

 "f'^lngro. C, B. P. 459. Mulberry with a black fruity or 

 i'^'f^e common Mulberry. 



^2,7 MoKxj's (Ldciniatis) foliis palmatis hirfutis. -ikf«/^i?rry 

 ' with Band-fbaped hairy leaves. Morus fruftu nigro 





feveral times obferved, that fom.e of the lar^-e branches . 

 ' of thefe trees have produced only katkins, when the 



other parts of the trees have been very fruitful ; fo 

 Af that unlefs care is taken in the choice of the branches 

 ^v^ for making the layers, there is the fame hazard as in 

 ,ir4e?dling trees : nor fhould the flioots which come 

 u^put near the roots of old trees be ever laid down, for 

 Tr'-tTiefe rarely produce fruit until they have-l>ecnplant- 

 * ed many years, although the trees from which thefe 

 -i?;^/S\£ere produced mlgh't be very fruitfuL^I have ob- 

 fi ferved foLfle trees which produced only katkins for 

 ._ ipany ye^rs after they were planted, and afterward 

 :;: have become fruitful ; the fame I have obferved ia 

 - ^^ Walnut-trees; -and my honoured friend Be Chevaher 

 V Rathgeb, has informed me, that he has obferved the 



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fame in the Lehtiflc and Turpentine-trees 

 The old Mulberry-trees dre not only moretruittmuiuu 

 the young, but their fruit are much, larger ^"^^^^' 

 ter flavoured ; fothat where there are any of thefe oja 

 ^ ■^-- ''-- '-"■^ "— " -^"^^ f.^,r> tVirm. and 



to make 

 mjnori J[9liis^ eleganter laciniatis, Tourn. Inft. R. H. | fruitful. ^The ufual method of propagating 



trees," is by laying down their branches, which w:ll 

 3. MoRusX-Rft^r/?) foliis cordatis fubtus villofis, amentis I -i take root in one year, and are then feparaced iroo^ 



V- the old trees ; but as the moft: fruitful branches are 

 often fo far from the ground as not be laycd, unids 



fur 



it is the befl: way to propagate from them, and 

 LC choice of thofe branches which are tnoX 



; 5^ 9 1. Smaller black Mulberry with elegant cut leases. '^ 

 MoKvs {Rubra) foliis cordatis fubtus villofis, amen... 

 cylindricis. Lin. Sp. Plant. q86. Mulberry with heart- 



^ ^ which are hairy on their under fide ^ and cy- -..=— -^ - o - .- 



; rjindrical katkins. Morus Virginicnfis arbor, loti arbo- | . by raifing- of boxes or baflcets of earth upon iuppo 



