CHAPTER III. 



Pulpy Fruits, borne by Shrubs and Trees, continued. Mulberry ; Cur- 

 rant; Gooseberry; Raspberry ; Strawberry ; Barberry ; Elder; Bram- 

 ble ; Cloud-Berry ; Bilberry ; Gualtheria Shallon. 



a. Currant. 6. Gooseberry, c. Raspberry, d. Strawberry. 

 e. Mulberry. 



THE MULBERRY Morus nigra. 



THE mulberry tree appears to have formed an ob- 

 ject of cultivation at a very early period in the western 

 parts of Asia, and in Europe. The attention there 

 bestowed upon it must have been solely on account 

 of its fruit ; for the knowledge of the mode of rearing 

 silk-worms was confined to the people of central and 

 southern Asia till the sixth century. We read in 

 the Psalms that the Almighty wrath destroyed the 



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