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A blight of a general character, to which even the 

 hardy white mulberry yielded at last, gave the finishing 

 blow, and silk culture in America ceased to exist." 



Some interest in the multicaulis mulberry and in 

 silk -growing lingered on after the crash came in 1839, 

 but the hard winter of 1844 wiped out the industry, 

 and the second great epoch of silk -farming in America 

 came to an end. This second epoch may be said to 

 have reached from 1825 to 1844. A large special 

 literature sprung up in these twenty years. To show 

 something of the extent of this literature, I note be- 

 low the titles of the books of this period which are 

 in my own library at this writing : 



AMERICAN SILK GROWER, THE ; AND FARMER'S MANUAL. A new 

 monthly publication, designed to extend and encourage the 

 growth of silk throughout the United States. Edited by Ward 

 Cheney & Brothers, Burlington, N. J. Philadelphia: Published 

 by Charles Alexander. No. 6 (vol. i.), Dec., 1838; No. 7, 

 Jan., 1839; No. 9, March, 1839; No. 10, April, 1839. Pp. 24 

 in each issue. 



CLAPP, AARON. An Experiment on the Morus multicaulis, with 

 Directions for Preserving Silk Worms' Eggs, and Feeding Silk 

 Worms, and twenty receipts for making cheap dyes for coloring 

 sewing silks. With a supplement containing extracts from 

 various authors in relation to the profit of raising silk. Hart- 

 ford: Printed by Case, Tiffany & Co. Copyr. 1839. 1839.* 

 Illustr. Pp. 72. 



CLARKE, JOHN. Treatise on the Mulberry Tree and Silkworm. 

 And on the Production and Manufacture of Silk. Second 

 edition. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. Copyr. 

 1839. 1839. Illustr. Pp. 363. 



COBB, J. H. A Manual Containing Information Respecting the 

 Growth of the Mulberry Tree, with Suitable Directions for the 

 Culture of Silk. In three parts. Boston: Carter, Hendee & 

 Co. 1831. Illustr. Pp. 68. 



*Date of imprint, or title-page. 



