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cover an extraordinary breadth of alluvial or manured land 

 in a marvellous short space of time. At Sydney, Mr. Brady 

 can provide leaves from this Indian variety all through the 

 year by the removal of cuttings, which will strike their root 

 almost at any season. It ripens also seeds readily, and 

 should be kept at bush size. It requires naturally less space 

 than the other kinds. A fourth variety comes from North 

 China ; it has heart-shaped flat thickish leaves, which form 

 very good food for the Silkworm. Mr. Brady, as well as 

 Mr. Martelli, recommend very particularly the variety, 

 passing under the name Morus multicaulis for the worms in 

 their earliest stages. The former recommends the Cape 

 variety also j the latter wishes also the variety, called Morus 

 Morettiana, to be used on account of its succulent nutri- 

 tious foliage, so well adapted for the insect while yet very 

 young, and also on account of producing the largest amount 

 of food within the shortest time. The Manilla variety, 

 known as Morus multicaulis, comes several weeks earlier 

 into bearing than most other sorts, and should therefore be 

 at hand for early hatched worms. 



Morus nigra, L.* 



The Black Mulberry-tree. South Eussia and Persia. 

 Highly valuable for its pleasant refreshing fruits. It is a 

 tree of longevity, instances being on record of its having 

 lived through several centuries. It is also very hardy. The 

 leaves also of this species afford food for the ordinary silk- 

 moth. The tree occurs usually unisexual. J atropurpurea, 

 Eoxb., from Cochin-China, is an allied tree. The cylin- 

 drical fruit-spike attains a length of two inches. 



Morus rubra has been recorded already in the Appendix to 

 our Acclimatisation Society's Report for 1870-1871, among 

 the timber- trees. 



Musa Cavendishii, Lambert. 



(M. regia, Eumph. ; M. Chinensis, Sweet.) 

 The Chinese Banana. A comparatively dwarf species, the 

 stem attaining only a height of about 5 or 6 feet. Its 

 robust and dwarf habit render it particularly fit for exposed 



