1 a^S AUBOUKTU.M AND F ItUTlCEl UM. I'ART 111. 



i«*)ft. Iiigh, diameter of the trut)k 15 in., and of the head 25 ft. At Hagloy, 20 years old, ills 

 1011. hi^h, dianu-ter of trunk 18 in., and of the head 11 ft. 



M. n'^gra in Scotland. The following specimens are all against walls. In Mid-I>otliian, at (losford 

 Mouse, l.lfl. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft 3 in., and of the space covered by the branches 21 ft. 

 In Haddingtonshire, at Tynningham, Hit. high, diameter of the trunk 1ft. 8 in., and of the head 

 30 ft. In Kenft-ewshire, at Erskine House, 15 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft. iJ in., and of the 

 head 17ft. In Banltshire, at Gordon Castle, 12ft high, against a wall. In Perthshire, at KInfauns 

 Castle, 8 years planted, and 4 ft. high. In Iloss-shire, at lirahan Castle, 6 years old, and 10 ft. high, 

 extent of the branches 18 ft. 



M. n)j;ra in Ireland. Near Dublin, in the grounds at Terenure, there is a remarkable s|)ecimen, 

 the trunk of which divides, close by the ground, into five limbs, nearly of equal bulk, the largest 

 exceeding loin, in diameter, height 25 ft,, circumference of the head 130 ft. At Castletown, .'50 ft. 

 high, diameter of the trunk 2 It. 6 in., and of the head 30 ft. In Galway, at Coole, 14 ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk 8 in., and of the head 14 ft. In Sligo, at Makree Castle, 8 years old, it is 8 ft. 

 high, <liameter of the trunk 5 in., and of the head 7 ft. 



AI. nigra in Foreign Countries. In France, at Nantes, in the nursery of M. De Nerridrcs, 60 years 

 planted, it is 49 ft. high, with a trunk 2J ft. in circumference. In the IJotanic Garden, at Avranchcs, 

 40 years planted, it is 40 fL high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and of the head 20 ft. In Saxony, 

 at Wcirlitz, 30 years old, it is 10 It. high ; the diameter of the trunk li in. In Cassel, at Wil- 

 helinsliiihe, 7 years planted, it is (i ft. high. In Bavaria, at Munich, in the Botanic Garden, 18 years 

 planted, it is 20 ft. high. In Au.stria, near Vienna, at Briick on the Lcytha, 42 years old, it is 33 ft. 

 nigh, the diameter of the trunk 9 in., and of the head 15 ft. In Prussia, near Berlin, at Sans Souci, 

 70 years old, it is 30 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 14 in., and of the head 11 ft In the Pfauen 

 •Insel, 40 years old, it is 30 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 13 in., and of the head 44ft. 



i 2. M. a'lba L. The yNhite-fruited Mulberry Tree. 



hkntiJUation. Lin. Hort. Cliff, 441. ; Mill. Diet., No. 3. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 368. : N. Du Ham., 4. 



p. 87. 

 Synonymes. M. cAndida Dud. Pempt., 810. ; M. frdctu albo Bauh. Pin., 459. ; M. alba fructu 



minori .ilbo insulso Du Ham. Arh., 2. p. 24. 

 Engrat'ings. Schkulir Handb., 3. 29ii. ; T. Nees ab Esenbeck Gen. PI. Fl. Germ., fasc. S. No. 5. 



t. 1 — G., the male ; and our plate in Vol. III. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves with a deep scallop at the base, and either heart- 

 shaped or ovate, undivided or lobed, serrated with unequal teeth, glossy, or, 

 at least, smoothish ; the projecting portions on the two sides of the basal sinus 

 unequal. {Willd. Sp. PI.) A deciduous tree, growing to the height of 30 ft. 

 A native of China. Introduced in 1596; flowering in May, and ripening its 

 fruit in September. 



yariclics. — These are extremely numerous ; and the same kinds are even dis- 

 tinguished in different countries by different names. The following arc 

 some of those most generally cultivated for their leaves, as affording food for 

 the silkworm : — 



^ a M. a. 2 nudticaidis Perrottetin Ann. de la Soc. Lin. de Paris, Mai, l&2i, 

 ). 129., Lodd. Cat., ed. 18.3G; M. tatarica Desf., but not of Lin. or 

 'all. ; M. buUata Balbis ; AT. cucul- 

 lata Hoit. ; Chinese black Mulberry, 

 Amcr. ; Perrottet Mulberry, many- 

 stalked Mulberry; Miirier Perrottet, 

 Fr. ; Miirier a Tiges nombreuses, 

 Murier dcs Philippines, Ann. dcs Sci., '. 

 i. p. 336. pi. 3.; and our Jig. 1223.; 

 Moro delle Filippine, Ital, — This 



variety was introduced into France, -.^^.i.,^ ,r«. - -^^s^^ 

 in 1821, by M. Perrottet, "agricul- ^. _,\ \^hAi7^i^f 

 tural botanist and traveller of the "' "" 



marine and colonies of France," from 

 Manilla, the capital of the Philippine 

 Islands ; into which country it had 



been iirought as an ornamental tree, some years previously, from 

 China. It is considered, both in Italy and France, as by far the 

 best variety for cultivation as food for the silkworm. It is a tree, 

 or, rather, a gigantic shrub, as the name implies, of rapid growth, 

 with vigorous shoots, and large pendulous leaves, which, even 

 in poor dry soils, are 6 in. long, and 8 in. or 9 in. broad ; but which, in 

 rich humid soils, are often 1 ft. in breadth, and 15 in. or IG in. in 

 length. They are convex on the upper surface, of a beautiful glossy 

 green, and of a succulent texture. The fruit of this variety was un- 

 known in Europe till 1830. It is long, black, and of a flavour some- 



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