103 ON MULBERRY TREES. 



ed by the borer, which has very much injured their 

 appearance and growth. There has not been any 

 labor bestowed on them since the first year. 

 Yours very respectfully, 



Nathan Webster. 



ON MULBERRY TREES. 



MISSES PHILLIPS'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee of the Essex Agricultural Society, > 

 on Mulberry Trees : 5 



Gentlemen — We offer for premium a nursery of 

 trees raised from seed, and now consisting of about 

 750 flourishing plants. "The seed was the species 

 called " Canton," and given us by a gentleman who 

 brought it from China. Part of this seed was plant- 

 ed in May, 1838 ; of this, one lot is now more flour- 

 ishing than the other. Two hundred and fifty of 

 these plants were transplanted to a richer soil in the 

 spring of 1839, and are now from 3 to 5 feet high, 

 and covered with a fine, rich foliage, besides having 

 afforded much produce for the feeding of worms the 

 present season. Three hundred plants of the same 

 lot were transplanted to a more exposed situation, 

 and a less rich soil, and have not nourished so well, 

 but still are in a fine, sound and thrifty condition. 

 Of the seeds planted the present season, we have two 

 hundred young trees, from 1 1-2 to three feet high, 

 well covered with a fine broad leaf, and very flour- 

 ishing. The nursery of White Mulberry, for which 

 your Committee last year awarded us the first pre- 



