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"l/orus nigra, and requires more care in choosing a situation for it. Calcare- 

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

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



lioam 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 



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



[ind grafting. 



! 3. M. (a.) tata'rica Pall. The Tartarian Mulberry Tree. 



Identification. Pali. Fl. Koss., 2. p. 9. t. 



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



PI., 4. p. 369. 

 Kngravmgs. Pall. Fl. Ross., 2. t. 52. ; 

 f and our fig. 1383. ; both sprigs taken 



from one tree. 



Spec. Char., Src. Leaves with 

 I 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. (Wilfd.) A tree re- 

 sembling 31. alba L., and 



perhaps only a geographical 



variety of that species. On the 



banks of the rivers Wolga 



and Tanais, or Don. Height 



20 ft, Introduced in 1784. 



Flowers greenish white J June. 



Fruit reddish or pale, of no 



1383. M. (a.) tatarica. 



good flavour, though it is eaten raw in 



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

 .2 4. M. Ru BRA L. The red-fruited Mulberry Tree 



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



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