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ripens also seeds readily, and should be kept at bush 
size. It requires naturally less space than the other 
kinds. A fourth variety comes from North China ; 
it has heart-shaped, flat, thickish leaves, which form 
very good food for the silk worm. Mr. Brady, as well 
as Mr. Martelli, recommend very particularly the va- 
riety passing under the name Morus multicaulis, for 
the worms in their earliest stages. The former rec- 
ommends the Cape variety also; the latter wishes 
also the variety called Morus Morettiana, to be used 
on account of its succulent, nutritious foliage, so well 
adapted for the insect while yet very young, and also 
on account of producing the largest amount of food 
within the shortest time. The Manila variety, known 
as Morus multicaulis, comes several weeks earlier 
into bearing than most other sorts, and should there- 
fore be at hand for early-hatched worms. 
Morus nigra, L.*—The Black Mulberry-tree. South 
Russia and Persia. Highly valuable for its pleasant, 
refreshing fruits. It is a tree of longevity, instances 
being on record of its having lived through several 
centuries. It is also very hardy. The leaves also of 
this species afford food for the ordinary silk - moth. 
The tree occurs usually unisexual. M. atropurpurea, 
Roxb., from Cochin-China, is an allied tree. The 
cylindrical fruit-spike attains a length of two inches. 
[Morus rubra has been recorded already in the Ap- 
pendix to our Acclimatization Society’s Report for 
1870-1871, among the timber-trees. ] 
Musa Cavendishii, Lambert. (M. regia, Rumph.; 
M. Chinensis, Sweet. )—The Chinese Banana. A com- 
paratively dwarf species, the stem attaining only a 
height of about 5 or 6 feet. Its robust and dwarf 
