***** Besides, this mulberry braves the most vigo- 

 rous winters. We saw on our arrival at Havre, in July 

 last, in the field of M. A. Eyries, plants, which had en- 

 dured, in the open ground, the winter of 1828, and 

 which appeared vigorous and beautiful.' Thus far 

 M. Perrottet. 



On this last and other points, let us now hear the 

 testimony of M. Poiteau in the Annales d^Horticul- 

 ture, 1830. 



' By the information which we receive from all quarters, 

 it appears that this mulberry is destined to replace the 

 common white mulberry, everywhere, for nourishing silk 

 worms ; its property of continuing low and bushy, so 

 that the leaves can always be gathered without a ladder ; 

 and the large size, abundance, and tenderness of the 

 leaves, cannot fail to 'give it a decided preference. It 

 has been sufficiently ascertained, that they are eaten with 

 avidity by the silk worms, and that the silk which they 

 form is of the first quality. This mulberry has not suf- 

 fered in the least from the rigors of the last severe 

 winter. 



' The zealous traveller, who has given to France, 

 America, and Africa, this precious plant, has acquired a 

 just claim to public gratitude, and it is pot only easy, but 

 proper, to give him at this time a proof of it, by affixing 

 his name to the tree which has given him celebrity, and 

 which will contribute so much to the prosperity of French 

 Industry. * * * ' Note to the Perrottet Mulberry (Moms 

 Multicaulis.) 



M. Audibert is also decidedly of the opinion that the best 

 mode of cultivating the Morus Multicaulis^ for the sup^ 



