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Mulberry trees and leaf gatherers, Lombardy, Italy Frontispiece. 



Plate I. Branch of the white mulberry, Morus alba, with large undivided 



leaves 20 



II. Branch of the white mulberry, Morus alba, with divided leaves 20 



III. An ornamental variety of mulberry, iforus alba,' yariety renosa 20 



IV. Leaves of seedling Russian mulberry, Morus alba, variety tatarica.. 20 



V. The native red mulberry, Morus rubra 20 



VI. Paper mulberry, Broussoneiia papyrifera. A. — Leaf from old tree. 



B. — Leaf from 2-year-old seedling. C. — Twig with female flowers. 20 



VII. The Persian or black mulberry, Morus nigra 20 



VIII. Osage orange, Toxylon porniferum. Leaves, fruit, and bark 20 



IX. Summer cuttings of the white mulberry, with leaves shortened 20 



X. Winter cuttings of 1-year-old shoots of the white mulberry, ready 



for planting 20 



XL Root grafting the mulberry. A and B. — Scions fitted on stocks, 

 ready to be tied. C. — Stock and scion wrapped and ready to be 



planted 20 



XII. Scion or sprig budding. A aiid B. — Scions prepared for inserting. 

 C. — Stock with bark raised, ready for sciqn. D. — Scion in posi- 

 tion, ready to be wrapped. E. — Stock with scion held in place 

 by wrapping. F. — Stock waxed to exclude air and moisture 20 



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