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NOTES ON SERICICULTUEE. 



By Alexander Wallace, M.D. 



For the third time at this season I beg to submit some 

 salient points connected with Sericiculture to the notice of the 

 readers of the ** Entomologist's Annual." The inquiry into 

 the feasibility of this great and lucrative industry, new to us 

 inhabitants of Great Britain, has been stimulated during 

 the past year, not merely at home but also in our colonies, 

 mainly through the efforts of the Silk Supply Association.* 

 Circulars have been addressed to all silk-producing districts 

 and colonies possessed of suitable soil and climate, calling 

 attention to the great advantages accruing from the develop- 

 ment of Sericiculture, and inviting experiment. Much 

 valuable information thereby gained will be found in the 

 pages of the '^ Silk Supply Journal " (issued quarterly), 

 together with a good deal of information especially useful to 

 emigrants and incipient Sericiculturists. Experiments at 

 home have been carried out at the South Kensington 

 Museum by the Silk Supply Association ; by Captain 

 Mason, at Yately, near Farnborough, Hants ; and by my- 

 self at Colchester. Of these the former failed, partly owing 

 to the difficulty of obtaining the requisite supply of fresh 

 leaves, partly from want of the necessary appliances for 

 maintaining an equal temperature and ventilation. Enough, 



* Their office is 65, Moorgate Street, London. 



