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A beautiful vegetable silk is procured from the bark 

 of the young branches of the pctpyrifcra, as h;is been 

 proved by M. la Rouverie. He directs that the bark be 

 separated, while the tree is in full sap, and beaten with 

 fnallets and steeped in water, by which process he af- 

 firms fibres are obtained almost equal to silk in quality, 

 and which, when woven, form a cloth whose texture re- 

 sembles silk. 



SECTION IX. 



SHINING LEAVED MULBERRY. (Monus LUCIDA ) 



THE leaves are very large, pointed, cordate and shin- 

 ing. This variety is said to be highly deserving of cul- 

 tivation for the nourishment of silk-worms. 



SECTION X. 



TARTAREAN MULBERRY. (Monus TARTARICA.) 



THIS mulberry is from the environs of Asoph, and 

 abounds on the banks of the Volga and Tanais. The 

 leaves are large, oval, oblong, serrated, shining. They 

 afford silk of the first quality, and are fully equal to 

 those of the white mulberry or the black. The fruit re- 

 sembles the morus nigra. 



SECTION XI. 

 CANTON MULBERRY. 



A valuable species from China. The leaves are very 

 large, cordate, pointed, entire; the leaves grow erect, 



