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times called the Asiatic. Leaves large, and of excellent quality. 

 Other fine varieties, with large leaves, are the 



9. Morus Alba Giazzola ; 10. Folia Doppia ; 11. Rose- Leaved , 

 12. Small Queen,- 13. Spanish. 



14. CUSHING'S NEW CHINESE MULBERRY. 



A new variety, lately introduced from China, by John P. Gush- 

 ing, Esq., of Belmont, in Watertown. It was received from his 

 Chinese friend in Canton, in the spring of 1837, and was imported in 

 a growing state. Many trees of this fine variety have been liberally 

 disseminated by him. 1 have thence affixed his name to the tree. 

 The tree, is of the most rapid growth ; the leaves very large, general- 

 ly entire, but varying in the same species ; some being palmated or 

 lobed, and of a beautiful shining green, and very numerous or thick 

 set. The tree and its leaf are splendid, far more so than any other 

 variety yet known ; the Morus multicaulis only excepted, which is 

 evidently with this species very nearly allied. It produces silk of 

 the first quality. The Canton Mulberry, so called, which was intro- 

 duced by Dr. Stebbins, is evidently a variety of the same species. 



15. MORUS MULTICAULIS. Perrotet Mulberry. Morus Mia 

 Sincnsis. 



A new variety, which is also called, by way of excellence, the Chi- 

 nese Mulberry ; a tree of surpassing beauty ; a new and most valua- 

 ble variety for the nourishment of silk- worms ; a tree which is 

 represented as possessing such decided superiority over all others, 

 that it will speedily be substituted for them all, in every region of 

 the globe. 



It originated in the elevated regions of China, a country famous 

 from antiquity for its silk ; a parallel only to our own, in all its va- 

 rious climates and divers latitudes. It is to this tree, that the disci- 

 ples of Confucius acknowledge their indebtedness for the prosperity 

 and solidity of their empire. 



The tree grows vigorous, upright, and beautiful ; the leaves, large, 

 soft, and tender, are petiolate, cordate, acuminate, serrated towards 

 the summit, marked with nerves, always entire ; their upper surface 

 is convex or curled, of a deep and beautiful shining green. The 

 form and dimensions of the leaf vary in different soils. In a dry 

 and arid soil they are of diminished size, their form elliptical, and 

 without the heart-shaped indentation at the base, their breadth be- 

 ing six inches, and their length eight ; but in a light, rich, and fri- 

 able soil, the produce of the foliage is most abundant, the leaves large 

 and cordiform, extraordinary specimens having sometimes measured 

 more than a foot in breadth, and fifteen inches in length. 



The Morus multicaulis differs from all others in the uncommon 

 vigor of its growth, and the property which the roots possess of 

 throwing up numerous flexible stalks, the great length which these 

 stalks acquire in a short space of time, and the facility with which 

 it is propagated from layers, or even from the cuttings of a single 

 eye. No other variety will strike root thus readily from cuttings, 

 but all others with difficulty. It differs, also, from the remarkable 

 size which the thin, soft, and tender leaves speedily acquire, and the 

 promptitude with which they are renewed. 



In all the maritime districts, from Long Island Sound to Georgia 

 in point of hardiness, both the Morus multicaulis and the Canton 

 mulberry bear great resemblance to the oak ; so also on the elevated 



