318 Agrioultukal Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. 



has become very popular all over Texas, and as tlie Russian race 

 of mulberries is bardy against every extreme of climate, I can see 

 no reason why it should not si)read over every part of the United 

 States where the mulberry can exist. Whatever may be the mer- 

 its of other varieties in other sectdons, the Victoria is their supe- 

 rior in this part of southern Texas." 



Ramsey's White. — A white-fruited mulberry which came in a 

 lot of Russian mulberry stock fi'om Nebraska, puroliased by Riun- 

 sey & Son, Mahomet, Texas, some ten years ago. Mr. Ramsey 

 writes me that he has "concluded that it does not equal Hicks 

 and two other varieties which we have." It is catalogued by 

 ]Mr. Onderdonk, who says: "A good white mulberry, bears young; 

 requires some pruning to make a good shaped tree. A desirable 

 new sort." 



Teas' Weeping IMulberry. — Tliis, the most pi-onounced weeper 

 among our ornamental treas, is a chance seedling of the Russian 

 mulberrs', having come up in a numeiy row nine years ago in the 

 plantation of Jolin 0. Teas, Carthage, Missouri. The original 

 seedling ti^ee is still only three feet, high, although \agorous. In 

 the nursery row this seedling trailed on the ground, whUe all 

 the others made the ordinary upright gi^o^th. Grafted head high 

 upon vigorous Russian stocks, it mal?;es a most strildng lawn tree. 

 The branches curve outwards for a foot or two and then fall 

 straight downward to the ground. 



I (b.) The Nervosa Sub-group. — Morus alha var. venosa, Delile. 

 {M. nervoso of Bon Jardinier and horticulturists.) 



The Nervosa mulberry, a spray of which is shown half size in 

 the engraring, is a strange monstrosity of the white mulberrv\ 

 Its leaves are contracted and jagged, and are very strongly 

 marked with many white veins. It bears a fruit a half inch long. 

 Among the horticultural curiosities, tliis tree should find a place, 

 and it is to be regretted that it is not grown by our nurserymen. 

 Its ornamental value is considerable, especially when striking 

 effects are desired. This tree is rare in America, and I do not 

 know what are its adaptations to our climates, but there is 

 apparently no reason to doubt its success if given a fair trial. 



