LITERATURE OP 1825 TO 1844 155 



A l»li.u r lit of a general character, to which even tin* 

 hardy whit.- mulberry yielded al Last, gave the finishing 

 blow, ;iik1 silk culture in America ceased to exist." 



Some iiit<-ivst in the multicaulis mulberry and in 

 Bilk-growing lingered on after the crash came in 1839, 

 lmt the hard winter of 1*44 wiped out the industry, 

 ami tli'- second great epoch of silk-farming in America 

 came to an end. This second epoch may !"• said to 

 reached from 1825 to 1844. A large special 

 literature Bprung up in these twenty years. To show 

 something of the extent of this literature, I note be- 

 low the titles of the books of this period which are 

 in my own library at this writing: 



American Silk Grower, The; and Farmer's Manual. A new 

 monthly publication, designed to extend ami encourage the 

 growth of silk throughout the Dnited Sti t< -. Edited by \ 

 Cheney A Brothers, Burlington, N.J. Philadelphia: Published 

 by Charles Alexander. No. •'■ (vol. i.), Dec., 1838; No. 7. 

 .inn., 1839; No. :•, March, 1839; No. 1". April, L839. Pp. •_'» 

 in each 1- 

 Clapp, ' • riment on the Moras multicaulis, with 



Directioi . Worms' Eggs, and Feeding Silk 



Worms, and twenty receipts for making cheap dyes for coloring 

 -ilks. With a supplement containing extracts from 

 various authors in relation to the profil of raising silk. Hart- 

 Printed by Case, Tiffany & < Copyr. L839. 1 - 

 niustr. Pp. 72. 

 « , John, on the Mulberry Tree and silkworm. 



And on the Production and Manufacture of silk. Second 

 edition. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwail ipyr. 



111. Mr. Pp. : 

 1 J. H. A Manual Containing Information Respecting the 



rth of tin- Mulberry Tree, with Suitable Directions for the 

 Culture of silk. In three i 

 L831. Ulustr. P] 



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