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Oxford and otlier places being supposed to be of nearly equal antiquity. It 

 is also wonderfully tenacious of life ; the roots of a black mulberry, which 

 had lain dormant in the ground for twenty-four years, being said, after the ex- 

 piration of that time, to have sent up shoots. The wood is considered of but 

 i little value in France, except for firewood : it is less' compact than even that 

 of the white mulberry ; and weighs only 401b. 7oz. the cubic foot. Cattle 

 eat the leaves, and all kinds of poultry are very fond of the fruit. Silkworms 

 feed on the leaves in Persia, but in cold climates they are considered unsuit- 

 able for them. In England, the fruit is generally eaten at the dessert; and 

 it is considered of a cooling aperient nature when ripe. The tree will grow in 

 almost any soil or situation that is tolerably dry, and in any climate not much 

 colder than that of London. North of York, it generally requires a wall. It 

 is very easily propagated by truncheons or pieces of branches, 8 or 9 feet in 

 length, and of any thickness, being planted half their depth in tolerably good 

 soil; when they will bear fruit the following year. Every part of the root, 

 trunk, boughs, and branches may be turned into plants by separation : the 

 small shoots, or spray, and the small roots, being made into cuttings ; the large 

 Ishoots into stakes ; the arms into truncheons ; and tiie trunk, stool, and roots 

 jbeing cut into fragments, leaving a portion of the bark on each. 



! t 2. M. a'lba L. The whke-fndted Mulberry Tree. 



Ideniificn/ion. Lin. Hort. Cliff, 441. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. SCi. ; N. Du Ham., 4. p. 87. 

 Hijnonijmes. M. Candida Dod. Pempt. 810. ; M. fructu alb'o Bauh. Pin. 459. ; M. alba fructu mincri 



albo jnsulso Du Ham. Arb. 2. p. 24. 

 Engravings. T. Nees ab Esenbeck Gen. PI. Fl. Germ., fasc. 3. No. .i. f. 16., the male; the 



plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vii. ; and our Jig. 1382. 



Spec. Char., Sj-c. Leaves with a deep scallop at the base, and either heart- 

 shaped or ovate, undivided or lobed, serrated with unequal teetii, glossy, 

 or at least smoothish ; the projecting portions on the two sides of the 

 basal sinus unequal. (IVil/d.) A deciduous tree. Ciiina. Height 20 ft. 

 to 30 ft. Introduced in 1596. Flowers greenish white ; May. Fruit white or 

 pale red ; ripe in September. 



Varieties. 



'i * M. a. 2 vjidticaidis Perrottet in 

 Ann. de la Soc. Lin, de Paris Mai 

 1824 p. 129., Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836 ; 

 M. tatarica Desf., but not of Lin, 

 or Pall.; M. bullata Balbis ; M. 

 cucullata Hort.; Chinese black 

 Mulberry, A7ner. ; Perrottet Mul- 

 berry ; many-stalked Mulberry; Mi'i- 

 rier Perrottet, Fr, ; Murier a Tiges 

 nombreuses, Murier des Philippines, 

 Jmi. des Sci. i. p. 336. pi. 3. ; and 

 our fg. 1.381, ; Moro delle Filip- 

 pine, Jia/. Considered, both in 

 Italy and France, as by far the best 

 variety for cultivation as food for the silkworm. 



1 M. a. 3 Aforetfiana Hort., Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. Dandolo's IMulberry. 



Fruit black and very large. Leaves perfectly flat, deep green, 

 shining, thin, and perfectly smooth on both surfaces. Its leaves 

 rank next to those of M. a. multicaulis as food for silkworms. 



2 M. a. 4 macrophylla Lodd. Cat. ed. 1 836. M. a. latifolia Hort. ; M. 



hispanica Hort.; Murier d'Espagne, Feuille d'Espagne, i^/-. This 

 variety produces strong and vigorous shoots, and large leaves, some- 

 times measuring 8 in. long, and 6 in. broad, resembling in form those 

 of M. nigra, but smooth, glossy, and succulent. 



t M. . 6 romdna Lodd, Cat. ed. 1836. M. a. ovalifolia; Murier ro- 

 main, Fr. Bears a close resemblance to the above sort. 



4 M. . 6 nervom Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. 21. nervosa Bon Jard. 183fi, 



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1381. M. a. muUicaillis. 



