MULBERRIES. 

 CHAPTER IX. 



M U L B E R H I 2 S > 



The only Mulberries cultivated in England are the black 

 and the white fruited ; the black for its fruit, the white for 

 the feeding of silk worms. Black Mulberries are propaga- 

 ted by laying down the young branches in the autumn, or 

 early in the spring. At the end of the year the layers may 

 be removed from the stools and planted out in rows, three 

 feet apart, and a foot from plant to plant in the rows : those 

 intended for training may be planted out at once for the pur- 

 pose, and the richer the soil is in which they are planted, the 

 more rapid will be the progress of the trees.* 



* There are more kinds of Mulberries used for the feeding of ril!--.,-crmB than 

 ear author has laid down, I shall therefore insert here all the knoivn sort* as I 

 find them in Sweet's- Hortus Britannicus, London, 1830. 



1. MORUS alba, White Mulherry, nat. China, hardy, int. 1596. 



2. tartarica, Tartarian do. Tarfary 1784. 



3. italica, Italian do. Italy, 



4. constantinopolitana) do. Constantinople, 



5. nitrra, Common Klack do. Italy, 3548. 



6. rubra, Red Mulberry do. JSI . America, '1629. 



7. scabra, Rough do. 1812. 

 pcnnsylvanica, Pennsylvania!! do. 



S. .pumila, Dwarf Mulberry, 



10. indica, Indian Mulberry, India, Stove, 1820. 



11. sinensis, Chinese djp. China, G. H. 



12. JUauritana, Mauritius, do. Mauritius, Stove. 



Observe the Chinese Mulberry, No. 11. is, as I suppose, the same kind as culti- 

 vated here by the name of J\Torus Multicaulis, and said to be the finest kind for 

 ilk worms. If so, it requires no greenhouse, nor any other kind 'of protection from 

 pur severest winters. The leaves arc much larger, and appear to be more delicate 

 in texture than the common White Mulberry. None if my plants were injured 

 last winter (1831-1832) exposed fully to the open air, and the thermometer below 

 zero. Further particulars on their cultivation in its proper place. See second 

 part of this work. Am. Ed, 







