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I obtain the following additional particulars in regard 

 to this variety, and also that of the Dandolo mulberry, from 

 Mr Kenrick's valuable treatise on fruits, just published. 



MORUS MULTICAULIS. 



This is a new and most valuable species of Mulberry, 

 for the nourishment of the silk worm, which is represent- 

 ed as possessing such decided superiority over all others, 

 as to be speedily substituted for them in every region of 

 the globe. 



This tree has not yet to my knowledge borne fruit in 

 America. It was even unknown in Europe as a fruit 

 tree, till in 1830, for the first time, it produced its fruit 

 in France. The fruit, according to M. Audibert, was 

 produced in great abundance ; it was long, black, and of 

 sufficiently beautiful appearance ; its taste very good, 

 having a taste intermediate between the red and black 

 mulberry. The tree is very vigorous and upright in its 

 growth. The leaves, in a light, friable, rich, and humid 

 soil, are large and cordiform, but in a dry and arid soil, 

 they are of less size, eliptical, and without the heart- 

 shaped indentation ; their breadth is stated to be six 

 inches, and their length eight ; but in rich soils they are 

 sometimes eight inches in breadth, and ten in length, or 

 even more. They are curled or convex on their surface, 

 of a deep shining green, and eminently beautiful. 



Remarks on the culture and uses of the Morus Multicaulis , 

 by M. Pcrrottet, Agricultural Botanist, and Traveller 

 of the Marine and Colonies. From the ' Annales of 

 Fromont.' 

 ' The Morus Multicaulis, which we noticed for the first 



