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son, Hicks, Stubbs, Lampasas, Bigert, Paine and Black American. 

 Of these, tlie most prominent are New American, Downing, Black 

 Persian, Hicks, Stubbs. 



4. The New American is recommended for the northern States. 

 Downing is almost out of cultivation in the north, but the New 

 American commonly passes under this name. Black Persian is 

 occasionally grown in the south and on the Pacific coast, but it 

 seems to be ill-adapted to our conditions. Hicks is a heavj^ 

 bearer, of indifferent quality, but valuable for poultry and for 

 swine, especially in the south where it has been most thoroughly 

 tested. Stubbs is perhajis the most profuse bearer of all, and 

 the fruit is large and excellent in quality. 



5. The other varieties and types are grown for shade, orna- 

 ment and timber. The most unique of these varieties are the 

 Nervosa and Teas' Weeping. The Russian type is valuable for 

 ornamental hedges, especially in the prairie States, for planting 

 sparingly as single specimens or in groups as ornamental trees, 

 and for small timber on the prairies. The fruit is usually worth 

 less. This type has already given three named varieties of morv^ 

 or less merit — Victoria, Ramsey's White, and Teas' Weeping. 



6. The mulberries here enumerated belong to five more or less 

 distinct general types or species — Mora alba, M. latifolia, M. 

 Japonica, M. nigra, and M. rubra. The first and the last are the 

 most important in this country for the purposes here discussed. 



7. American varieties of fruit-bearing mulberries have devel- 

 oped along independent lines, having come chiefly from Morus 

 alba and M. rubra, while the fruit mulberry of history is M. nigra. 



8. The native mulberry, Morus rubra, has given us some of 

 the most important varieties, and as it is naturally variable and 

 adapted to our various climates, it is the probable progenitor of 

 the American mulberries of the future. 



9. The mulberry is easily grown upon ordinary soils. It is 

 often tender in the north during the first two or three years. 



10. The mulberry is propagated by cuttings of the mature 



wood or the roots, by root and crown-grafting, and by budding 



with dormant buds in the spring. 



L. H. BAHiEY. 



