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is 90 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 15 in., and of the head 25 ft. At Hagley, 20 years old, it is 

 10ft high, diameter of trunk 18 in., and of the head 11 ft. 



M. nlgra in Scotland. The following specimens are all against walls. In Mid-Lothian, at Gosford 

 House, 15 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 3 in., and of the space covered by the branches 21 ft. 

 In Haddingtonshire, at Tynniugbam. 14 it. high, diameter of the trunk 1ft. 8 in., and of the head 

 30ft. In Renfrewshire, at Erskine House, 15ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 2 in., and of the 

 head 17ft. In Banftshire, at Gordon Castle, 12ft high, against a wall. In Perthshire, at Kinfauns 

 Castle, 8 years planted, and 4ft. high. In Ross-shire, at Brahan Castle, 6 years old, and 10ft. high, 

 extent of "the branches 18ft. 



M. nigra in Ireland. Near Dublin, in the grounds at Terenure, there is a remarkable specimen, 

 the trunk of which divides, close by the grouml, into five limbs, nearly of equal bulk, the largest 

 exceeding 10 in. in diameter, height 25 ft., circumference of the head 130ft. At Castletown, 30ft. 

 high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of the head 30ft. In Galway, at Coole, 14ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk 8 in., and of the head 14 ft. In Sligo, at Makree Castle, 8 years old, it is 8 ft. 

 high, diameter of the trunk 5 in., and of the head 7 ft. 



M. nigra in Foreign Countries. In France, at Nantes, in the nursery of M. De Nerrieres, 60 years 

 planted, it is 19 ft. high, with a trunk 2| ft. in circumference. In the Botanic Garden, at A vranches, 

 40 years planted, it is 40 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft, and of the head 20 ft. In Saxony, 

 at Wdrlitz, 30 years old, it is 19 ft. high; the diameter of the trunk Gin. In Cassel, at \Vil- 

 helmsho'he, 7 years planted, it is 6 ft. high. In Bavaria, at Munich, in the Botanic Garden, 18 years 

 planted, it is 20 ft. high. In Austria, near Vienna, at Briick on the Leytha, 42 years old, it is 33 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 9 in., and of the head 15 ft. In Prussia, near Berlin, at Sans Souci, 

 70 years old, it is 30 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 14 in., and of the head 11 ft In the Pfaucn 

 Insel, 40 years old, it is 30 ft. high, the diameter of tho trunk 13 in., and of the head 44ft. 



^ 2. M. A'LBA L. The white-fruited Mulberry Tree. 



Identification. Lin. Hort. Cliff, 441. ; Mill. Diet., No. 3. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 368. ; N. Du Ham., 4. 



p. 87. 

 Synonymes.- M. Candida Dod. Pcmpt., 810. ; M. frhctu Slbo Bauh. Pin., 459.} M. alba fructu 



minori albo insulso Du Ham. Arb., 2. p. 24. 

 Engravings. Schkuhr Handb., 3. 29.). ; T. Nees ab Esenbeck Gen. PI. Fl. Germ., fasc. 3. No. 5. 



f. 16., the male; and our plate in Vol. III. 



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

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

 at least, smoothish ; the projecting portions on the two sides of the basal sinus 

 unequal. (Willd. Sp. PI.) A deciduous tree, growing to the height of 30 ft. 

 A native of China. Introduced in 1596 ; flowering in May, and ripening its 

 fruit in September. 



Varieties. These are extremely numerous ; and the same kinds are even dis- 

 tinguished in different countries by different names. The following are 

 some of those most generally cultivated for their leaves, as affording food for 

 the silkworm : 



a M. a. 2 multicaulis Perrottet in Ann. de'la Soc. Lin. de Paris, Mai, 1 824-, 

 p. 129.,Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836; M. tatarica JDesf., but not of Lin. or 

 Pall. ; M. bullata Balbis ; M. cucul- 



lata Hort. ; Chinese black Mulberry, v __^ J 1223 

 Amer. ; Perrottet Mulberry, many- 

 stalked Mulberry; Murier Perrottet, 

 Fr. ; Murier a Tiges nombreuses, 

 Murier des Philippines, Ann. des Sci. y 

 i. p. 336. pi. 3.; and our/g. 1223.; 

 Moro delle Filippine, Ital. This 

 variety was introduced into France, 

 in 1821, by M. Perrottet, "agricul- 

 tural botanist and traveller of the 

 marine and colonies of France," from 

 Manilla, the capital of the Philippine 

 Islands ; into which country it had 



been brought as an ornamental tree, some years previously, from 

 China. It is considered, both in Italy and France, as by far the 

 best variety for cultivation as food for the silkworm. It is a tree, 

 or, rather, a gigantic shrub, as the name implies, of rapid growth, 

 with vigorous shoots, and large pendulous leaves, which, even 

 in poor dry soils, are 6 in. long, and 8 in. or 9 in. broad ; but which, in 

 rich humid soils, are often 1 ft. in breadth, and 15 in. or 16 in. in 

 length. They are convex on the upper surface, of a beautiful glossy 

 green, and of a succulent texture. The fruit of this variety was un- 

 known in Europe till 1830. It is long, black, and of a flavour some- 



