entire, cordate at the base. It is thin, smooth on the 

 under and especially on the upper surface, which is of a 

 beautiful and rather deep shining green ; it is not near so 

 thick as that of the large white mulberry, called in France, 

 the Admirable, and is thinner than those of the Spanish 

 mulberry, (Morus jVigra.) It is neither wrinkled or 

 plaited. It is in general nearly eight inches wide, and 

 ten inches long. This mulberry will be most profitably 

 cultivated in the form of a hedge, and from the superior 

 size of the leaf, they are gathered with the greatest fa- 

 cility. Its superior quality has been proved by the ex- 

 periments of M. Gera and the Count Dandolo, who as- 

 sert, that they produce silk of a more beautiful gloss and 

 of finer quality than common silk. See the whole article 

 inserted by the Hon. H. A. S. Dearborn, in the New Eng- 

 land Farmer, vol. 8, JVb. 29. It is from the Annales d' 

 Horticulture, and is extracted from the Report of Dr 

 Fontaneilles, on a letter published by M. Gera in 1826, 

 in the Journal of Physics, and of Chemistry of Pavia. 



The following statistics of a mulberry orchard of two 

 acres, are by the late Andrew Parmentier, Esq. of New 

 York ; 



650 standard trees in the low parts of the ground, each 



20 feet apart. 



250 standard trees on the rising places, 12 feet apart. 

 650 dwarf trees on suitable portions of the ground. 



1550 



This ground to be fenced by mulberry hedges. The 



