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Oxford and other places being supposed to be of nearly equal antiquity. It 
is also wonderfully tenacious of life; the roots of a black mulberry, which 
had lain dormant in the ground for twenty-four years, being said, after the ex- 
piration of that time, to have sent up shoots. The wood is considered of but 
little value in France, except for firewood : it is less compact than even that 
of the white mulberry ; and weighs only 40 lb. 70z. the cubic foot. Cattle 
eat the leaves, and all kinds of poultry are very fond of the fruit. Silkworms 
feed on the leaves in Persia, but in cold climates they are considered unsuit- 
able for them. In England, the fruit is generally eaten at the dessert; and 
it is considered of a cooling aperient nature when ripe. The tree will grow in 
almost any soil or situation that is tolerably dry, and in any climate not much 
colder than that of London. North of York, it generally requires a wall. It 
is very easily propagated by truncheons or pieces of branches, 8 or 9 feet in 
length, and of any thickness, being planted half their depth in tolerably good 
soil; when they will bear fruit the following year. Every part of the root, 
trunk, boughs, and branches may be turned into plants by separation: the 
small shoots, or spray, and the small roots, being made into cuttings ; the large 
shoots into stakes ; the arms into truncheons; and the trunk, stool, and roots 
being cut into fragments, leaving a portion of the bark on each. 
¥ 2. AL. a’tpa L. The white-fruited Mulberry Tree. 
Identification. ‘in. Hort. Cliff, 441. ; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 368.; N. Du Ham., 4. p. 87, 
Synonymes. M. candida Dod. Pempt. 810.; M. fractu albo Bauh. Pin. 459.; M. alba fructu minori 
albo insulso De Ham. Arb. 2. p. 24. 
Engravings. T. Nees ab Esenbeck Gen. Pl. Fl. Germ., fasc. 3. No.9. f. 1—6., the male; the 
plate in Arb. Brit., Ist edit., vol. vii.; and our fig. 1382. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves with a deep scallop at the base, and either heart- 
shaped or ovate, undivided or lobed, serrated with unequal teeth, glossy, 
or at least smoothish; the projecting portions on the two sides of the 
basal sinus unequal. (Willd.) A deciduous tree. China. Height 20 ft. 
to 30 ft. Introduced in 1596. Flowers greenish white ; May. Fruit white or 
pale red ; ripe in September. 
Varieties. 
% « M. a. 2 multicailis Perrottet in } 
Ann. de la Soc. Lin. de Paris Mai 
1824 p. 129., Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836 ; 
M. tatarica Desf., but not of Lin. 
or Pall.; J. bullata Balis; M. 
cucullata Hort.; Chinese black 
Mulberry, Amer.; Perrottet Mul- \ 
berry ; many-stalked Mulberry; Ma- 
rier Perrottet, Fr.; Miurier 4 Tiges 
nombreuses, Mirier des Philippines, 
Ann, des Sci. i. p. 336. pl. 3. ; and 
our fig. 1381.; Moro delle Filip- 
pine, Ital. — Considered, both in 
Italy and France, as by far the best _ 
variety for cultivation as food for the silkworm. 
% M. a. 3 Morettiana Hort., Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. Dandolo’s Mulberry. 
—Fruit black and very large. Leaves perfectly flat, deep green, 
shining, thin, and perfectly smooth on both surfaces. Its leaves 
rank next to those of M.a. multicailis as food for silkworms. 
% M. a. 4 macrophjlla Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. M. a. latifolia Hort.; AZ 
hispénica Hort.; Mirier d’Espagne, Feuille d’Espagne, Fr. — This 
variety produces strong and vigorous shoots, and large leaves, some- 
times measuring 8 in. long, and 6 in. broad, resembling in form those 
of M. nigra, but smooth, glossy, and succulent. nate sal 
% Mia. 5 romana Lodd. Cat. ed: 1836. MM. a. ovalifolia; Mirier ro- 
main, Fr. —Bears a close resemblance to the above sort. 
% M. a. 6 nervosa Lodd, Cat. ed. 1836. MM. nervosa Bon Jard. 1836, 
ZZ2 
1561. Bf. a. multicaulis. 
