156 MULBERRIES. 



CHAPTER 



MULBERRIES. 



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 Biltworms than 

 onr author has laid down, I shall therefore insert here all the known sortg as I 

 find thenn in Sweet's Hortus Britannicus, London, 1830. 



1. MoRUS alba, White Mulberry, nat. China, hardy, int. 1596. 



2. tartarica, Tartarian do. Tartary 1784. 



3. italica, Italian do. Italy, 



4. constantinopolitana^ do. Constantinople, 



5. nigra, Common Black do. Italy, 1548. 



6. rubra, Ilcd Mulberry do. N.America, 1629. 



7. scabra, Rough do. 1812. 



8. pennsylvanica, Pennsylvanian do. 



9. pumila, Dwarf Mulberry, 



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



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



12. Mauritana, Mauritius, do. Mauritius, Stove. 



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

 vated here by the name of Morus Multicaulis, and said to be the finest kind for 

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

 our severest winters. The leaves are much larger, and appear to be more delicata 

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

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

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

 part of this work. Am. Ed. 



