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PIIEFACE, 5 

 INTRODUCTION. Chinese Modes of Management; Im- 

 proved Modes adopted in France, 7 

 SECTION 1. History of Silk; Its Antiquity and Com- 

 merce, 9 

 II. History of the Silk-worm, 17 



III. Varieties of Silk-worms, 22 

 Other Varieties of Silk-worms, 24 



IV. Climate, Shelter, &c.. 25 

 V. Mulberry, 26 



VI. Black Mulberry, 26 



VII. Red Mulberry, 29 



VIII. Japan or Paper Mulberry, 29 



IX. Shining leaved Mulberry. 30 



X. Tartarean Mulberry, 30 



XI. Canton Mulberry, 30 



XII. White Italian Mulberry, and some other 



Varieties, 31 



XIII. Morettiana Mulberry, 33 



XIV. Chinese Mulberry, or Morns Multicaulis, 33 

 XV. Soil, Situation and Climate, 43 



XVI. Cultivation, 47 

 XVII. Plantations of Mulberry Trees, 49 

 XVIII. Hedges, or Dwarf Mulberry Tree Plan- 

 tations, 52 

 XIX. Gathering the Leaves for food, 54 

 XX. Substitutes for the Mulberry, 56 

 XXI. Modes of Making Silk in different Coun- 

 tries, 57 

 XXII. Space required for the Silk-worms, C2 



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