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mate, the indigenous trees have also fallen victims, 

 which goes to prove that it is not so much the 

 delicacy of the tree, as the intense severity of the 

 weather. 



The culturists of the Ne\v England States, recom- 

 mend the White Italian Mulberry as a reserve, incase 

 the Chinese Mulberry should fail. But I do not be- 

 lieve it will fail in the Middle States, and would re- 

 commend its cultivation alone, inasmuch as the leaves 

 are so large, and it is so easy of propagation. That 

 it will soon become acclimated in the United States, 

 there can be no doubt; for its tenacity of life is such, 

 that it cannot be otherwise. I have frequently 

 broken off limbs in the middle of summer, the ends 

 of which being covered with rich mould, they have 

 taken root and grown. 



Besides the Chinese Mulberry, and the Morus At- 

 ba, there are several other varieties, which are richly 

 worth cultivating; especially when the Chinese, or 

 Morus Multicaulis, cannot be had. Among them 

 may be enumerated the Tartarean, the Shining Leav- 

 ed, and the Dondolo Mulberry; the latter of which 

 was found by Count Dondolo, the great Italian silk 

 culturist, in the woods of Italy. They all have large 

 leaves, are easily propagated, and the worms are ex- 

 cessively fond of them. Large quantities of silk may 

 also be produced from them. 



There h*" Ven much dispute concerning the soil 

 best a da r- o the Mulberry, to insure a proper: 

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