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which are not heart-shaped on our native species, are gener- 

 ally three-lobed. The European mulberry bears a fruit four 

 or five times as large as the American, full of rich, sweet 

 juice. It has long- been a favourite in England, and is one 

 of the most healthy and delicious fruits of the season. Glover 

 says : 



" There the flushing peach, 



The apple, citron, almond, pear, and date, 

 Pomegranates, purple, mulberry, and fig, 

 From interlacing branches mix their hues. 

 And scents, the passengers' delight.'' 



Leonid. B. TI. 



We regret that so excellent a fruit should be so little cul- 

 tivated here. It succeeds extremely well in the middle 

 states : and as it ripens at the very period in midsummer 

 when fruits are scarcest, there can be no more welcome ad- 

 dition to our pomonal treasures, than its deep purple and 

 luscious berries. According to Loudon, it is a tree of great 

 durability ; in proof of which he quotes a specimen at Sion 

 House, 300 years old, which is supposed to have been planted 

 in the 16th century by the botanist Turner. 



The White mulberry, (M. alba,) is the species upon the 

 leaves of which the silk worms are fed. The fruit is insipid 

 and tasteless, and the tree is but little cultivated to embellish 

 ornamental plantations, though one of the most useful in the 

 world, when its importance in the production of silk is taken 

 into account. There are a great number of varieties of this 

 species to be found in the different nurseries and silk planta- 

 tions; and one of them, the Chinese mulberry, (M. multi- 

 caulis,) we consider worthy of notice as a beautiful tree. It 

 grows rapidly, and forms a handsome head ; and its large, 

 tender, and soft green foliage is not only beautiful to look 

 upon, but affords a fine shade ; while the peculiar tint of its 



