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rather thick. The silk worms that are fed on them produce 

 a thin cocoon, which furnishes little silk. [Tchong-clwii- 

 chou.~\ 



5th. The white mulberry tree bears thick leaves, that 

 are as large as any one's hand. The cocoons of the worms 

 that are fed on them, enclose a strong and abundant silk. 

 This leaf furnishes twice as much silk as that of the ordinary 

 mulberry tree. [Ibidem.] 



6th. The mulberry trees, of which the leaves are 

 plaited, and covered with a yellow pellicle, is called kin- 

 sang, or the gilded mulberry tree. All the silk worms 

 cannot be fed on the leaves of this tree, of which the color 

 foretells that the tree will soon dry and perish. [Ibidem.] 



There are some mulberry trees that do not produce fruit ; 

 they are vulgarly called nan-sang or male mulberry trees. 

 [Japanese Encyclopedia.] 



The mulberry trees, of which the fruit sprouts out before 

 the leaves, necessarily bears very few leaves. [Tchong- 

 chou-chou.~] 



To sow mulberries, the fruit of the black mulberry tree 

 of Lou must be taken. The yellow mulberry trees of the 

 country of Lou cannot be preserved a long time. [Thsi- 

 min-yao-chou.'] 



The mulberry trees of the country of Kking (ancient 

 name of the province of Hou-kouang) and of the country 

 of Low, may be planted in level plains, where the ground 

 is limey and clayey, and also in light earth. If the ground 

 touches a mountain or hill; that is hard and mixed with red 



