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Old Time Gardens 



that others there sought gold. He was a devoted 

 promoter of the native silk industry, having vast 

 plantations of Mulberries in many cities; for one 

 at Norfolk, Virginia, he was offered $100,000. It 

 is a curious fact that the interest in Mulberry cul- 

 ture and the practice of its cultivation was so uni- 



Garden at Prince Homestead, Flushing, Long Island. 



versal in his neighborhood (about the year 1830), 

 that cuttings of the Chinese Mulberry [Morus multi- 

 caulis) were used as currency in all the stores in the 

 vicinity of Flushing, at the rate of I2-| cents each. 



The Prince homestead, a fine old mansion, is 

 here shown ; it is still standing, surrounded by that 

 forlorn sight, a forgotten garden. This is of con- 

 siderable extent, and evidences of its past dignity 



