124 FRUIT-GARDENING. 



\vinter set in, so as to expose to the weather the insect in the 

 laiTa state, Avhich will certainly destroy the young tribe that 

 have not descended below the reach of the plough. For two 

 years past the number has been so small that I have omitted 

 this process for their destruction." — R. T. Underkill. 



MULBERRY. 



MuRiER. Morus. 



There are several species of the Morus or Mulberry. The 

 white kind is commonly cultivated for its leaves to feed silk- 

 worms, though in some parts of Spain, and in Persia, they are 

 said to prefer the Black Mulberry. In China, both sorts are 

 grown for this purpose. The most esteemed variety of the 

 white is grown in Italy, and especially in Lombardy, with vigor- 

 ous shoots, and much larger leaves than the other. The Morus 

 multicaulis is cultivated in many parts of France, and is by 

 some preferred to all other varieties. It is said that a less 

 quantity of foliage from this variety will satisfy the silkworms. 

 The late Andrew Parmentier, Esq., was the means of introduc- 

 ing several choice varieties from that country ; and our nur- 

 sery-men, in general, have of late years turned their attention 

 to the cultivation of such as are best adapted to silkworms. 



In France, the white Mulberry is grown as pollard Elms 

 are in England. In Lombardy it is grown in low, marshy 

 ground. In China it is also grown in moist loamy soil ; and 

 both there and in the East Indies, as low bushes, and the 

 plantations rooted up and renewed every three or four years. 

 In many parts, when the leaves are wanted for the worms, 

 they are stripped off the young shoots, which are left naked on 

 the tree ; in other places the shoots are cut off, which is not 

 so injurious to the tree, while the points of the shoots, as well 

 as the leaves, are eaten by the worms. 



