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Europe for its leaves — showing a great variety — used for feeding 

 silkworms. The fruit is edible. 



Morus nigra, Linn.; Black Mulberry. 



A deciduous tree, about 30 ft. high, believed to be a native 

 of Persia, the Caucasus and x\rmenia, and occurring apparently 

 wild in Italy, Sicily and Greece. Cultivated in Northern India 



d the Nilgiris for purposes of sericulture (Watt). Fruit 

 edible but subject to decay quickly, well-known as a dessert 

 fruit and may be made into preserve. 



an 



Ficus Carica, Linn. ; Fig. 



A small tree or straggling bush, native of Syria and Asia 

 Minor; cultivated in Southern Euiope, to some extent in the 

 south of England, in Western Asia and the United States. 



Preserved figs and " fig cake" axe imported from Asiatic 

 Turkey, Portugal, Spain, France, Algeria, Greece and United 

 States, the amount in 1913 being 180,579 centals. The largest 

 and best figs are those of Smyrna or Turkey, 



The "Sycamore Fi^- " or Fig of Pharoah " (Ficus Syco- 

 monis, Linn.), a large tree of Egypt, has an edible fruit, which, 

 though not so fine as the above, is said to be very agreeable and 

 apparently much used by the Arabs. 



Artocarpus incisa, Linn.; Bread Fruit, Bread Nut. 



A large tree, native of the South Sea Islands, where the fruit 

 is a staple food. Introduced to other tropical countries, includ- 

 ing Asia, Africa, America, West Indies, f&c. The story of 

 (apt. Bligh and the introduction (in 1793) of plants to the West 

 Indies is familiar to all. There are two forms of the tree, one 

 with, seedless fruit and one with seeds — this being* known as the 

 - Bread Nut, also an important food of the natives in the 

 countries where the trees are grown, 



'Jack Fruit" (Artocarpus integrifolia, Linn.), a tree of 

 Southern Asia, is remarkable for its large fruit developed on 

 the trunk; used as food by the natives of India. The seeds of 



"Okwa M or ''African Bread Fruit" (Treculia africana, Dec), 

 of West Africa are ground up into meal and used there for 

 food. The "Bagolaro'" or "Nettle Tree" (Celtis australii, 

 Linn.), native of the Mediterranean region, is cultivated in 

 Southern Italy. France, &c, as an ornamental tree and on 

 large areas for the timber; the fruit known as M Honev Berry M 

 is eaten in Spain and Greece (K.B. 1914, p. 348). The "Com- 

 mon Nettle fi (Urtica dioica, Linn.), a weed in Europe, is stated 

 to be grown for forage in Sweden, recommended in Portugal and 



France — the cut plants withered or dried as hay lost* their 

 stinging properties and the composition is similar to that of 

 best meadow hay — said to be suitable for dairy cows in amounts 

 not exceeding one-quarter of the weight of the ration, for pigs 

 mixed with offals and potatoes and for poultry fin el v powdered 

 and mixed with offals, potatoes or Hour (Inter. Rev. Sci. & 

 Pract. Agric. Rome, Jan. 1917. r>. 77); used in Hun^arv for 

 fodder (Nat. Food Journ. June 12th, 1918, p. 496), 



