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Morns nigra, and requires more care in choosing a situation for it. Calcare- 

 ous soil is said to produce the best silk ; and humid situations, or where the 

 roots of the tree can have access to water, the worst. A gravelly or sandy 

 loam is very suitable ; and trees grown on hilly surfaces, and poor soils, always 

 produce superior silk to those grown in valleys, and in rich soils. The tree is 

 propagated by seeds (sown as soon as they are gathered), cuttings, layers, 

 and grafting. 



2 3. M. (A.) TATA'RICA Pall. The Tartarian Mulberry Tree. 



Identification. Pall. Fl. Ross., 2. p. 9. t. 



52. ; Lin. Sp. PI., 1399. ; Willd. Sp. 



PI., 4. p. 369. 

 Engravings. Pall. FJ. Ross., 2. t. 52. ; 



and our fig. 1383. ; both sprigs taken 



from one tree. 



Spec. Char., %c. Leaves with 

 a shallow scallop at the base, 

 and either heart-shaped, ovate, 

 or lobed ; serrated with equal 

 teeth, smooth ; the projecting 

 portions beside the sinus 

 equal. (Willd.) A tree re- 

 sembling M. alba L., and 

 perhaps only a geographical 

 variety of that species. On the 

 banks of the rivers Wolga 

 and Tanais, or Don. Height 

 20ft. Introduced in 1784. 



Flowers greenishwhite; June. 1383< JM.) 



Fruit reddish or pale, of no good flavour, though it is eaten raw in 

 Tartary, as well as dried, or made into a sweetmeat ; ripe in September. 



t 4. M. RU'BRA L. The red-fruited Mulberry Tree. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1399. ; Pursh Sept., 2. p. 639. ; N. Du Ham , 4. p. 91. 



1384. A/orus rubra. 



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