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them here the varieties and the culture of the mulberry 

 tree, so that everybody can raise and cultivate his own 

 trees. It is a well known fact that the mulberry has a 

 very luxuriant growth in California does well in nearly 

 every kind of soil, but has a kind of preference for a 

 good loamy soil. We can show shoots here of one year, 

 having from five to seven and more feet in length ; this 

 is, I suppose, enough. The mulberry besides furnish- 

 ing the best food for silkworms, could be made one of 

 our best ornamental trees ; but at present we have not 

 to consider it under that point of view ; we have to con- 

 sider it as to its value for feeding and raising silkworms. 

 Here are the best varieties : 



1st. The White Mulberry (morus alba). This is 

 the best variety for the culture of silk, it produces the 

 very best quality. 



2d. Another very good variety is the Morus Mo- 

 retti, which has a little wider leaf ; this kind is a variety 

 of the above. These two varieties are easily propaga- 

 ted from seed, which you have to sow in drills some 

 time in February or March. To succeed you must have 

 fresh seeds, and for that you must get them from a good 

 reliable store. 



3d. Morus Multicaulis has a still larger leaf, but 

 is tender to frost; this variety is very good for feed- 

 ing the silkworm when young, suppose about for the 

 first two ages. This variety is easily propagated by 

 cuttings. 



After the cuttings and seedlings have been growing 

 one year, it will be very well to have them replanted 



