CULTIVATION OF 



growth, Some have contended that the Mulberry re- 

 quires a dry, warm and sandy soil, while others have 

 strenuously contended, that it should have a low, wet 

 and rich soil. My experience has taught me that the 

 Morus Alba, or White Mulberry, flourishes best in a 

 dry, sandy soil;, but I am fully convinced, from am- 

 ple experiments, that the Morus Multicaulis is most 

 favored by being placed in a damp, rich mould. 

 Judge Comstock is of opinion, that any soil which 

 will produce Indian corn, is suitable to the last men- 

 tioned tree. This is no doubt true ; but at the same 

 time, the soil above mentioned, I have found from ex- 

 perience, to be the very best soil for the Chinese 

 Mulberry. It is very true, as Judge Comstock ob- 

 serves, that in Italy, Piedmont and France, where 

 the growing of silk is carried to a great pitch of per- 

 fection, Indian corn is found growing with great vig- 

 or, and is used for bread stuffs by the generality of 

 people. I think, if my memory serves me rightly, 

 that it is in Cambria, in Italy, where the Black Mul- 

 berry (Morus Nigra) is universally used as food for 

 the worm ; and silk from the leaves of that tree has 

 been declared to be much finer and stronger. 



PROPAGATION OF THE MULBERRY. 



Culturists enumerate six different methods of prop- 

 agating the Mulberry. The first is by the seed ; the 

 second, by budding or inoculating ; (he third, by graft- 

 ing; the fourth, by cuttings ; and the fifth, and sixth, 

 by layers and suckers. 



