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than the locust ; but so far as we are aware it is not liable 

 to the attacks of any insect destructive to its timber ; and 

 it would probably be found profitable to cultivate it as a 

 timber tree. The locust, it will be remembered, grows 

 thriftily only on peculiar soils, loose, dry, and mellow ; the 

 Red mulberry prefers deep, moist, and rich situations. No 

 extensive experiments, so far as we can learn, have been 

 made in its culture ; but we would recommend it to the 

 particular attention of those who have facilities for planta 

 tions of this kind. 



The Black mulberry of Europe {Morus nigra)*is a low, 

 slow-growing tree, with rough leaves, somewhat resembling 

 those of our Red mulberry, but more coarsely serrated, and 

 often found divided into four or five lobes ; while the leaves, 

 which are not heart-shaped on our nat've species, are gene- 

 rally three-lobed. The European mulberry bears a fruit 

 four or five times as large as the American, full of rich, 

 sweet juice. It has long been a favorite in England, and 

 is one of the most healthy and delicious fruits of the season. 

 Glover says : 



" There the flushing peach, 



The apple, citron, almond, pear, and date, 

 Pomegranates, purple mulberry, and fig. 

 From interlacing branches mix their hues 

 And scents, the passengers' delight." 



Leonid. B. II. 



We regret that so excellent a fruit should be so little 

 cultivated here. It succeeds extremely well in the middle 



* Further experience has shown, that this tree is not to be depended upon, 

 at least as far north as the middle portion of the Hudson Eiver. An admirable 

 substitute for the fruit, is Downing's Seedling Mulberry, raised some years ago 

 by Mr. Charles Downing, of Newburgh, and while being an excellent fruit, 

 has, we beUeve, the additional merit of being ever-beai'ing.— H. W. S. 



