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is 90ft high, diameter of tho trunk 15 in., and of the head 25 ft. At Haglcy, 20 years old, it is 

 10 ft. high, diameter of trunk 18 in., and of the head 11 ft. 



M. nigra hi Scotkmd. The following specimens are all against walls. In Mid-Lothian, at Gosford 

 House, 15 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 3 in., and of the space covered by the branches 21 ft. 

 In Haddingtonshire, at Tynningham, 14ft high, diameter of the trurk 1ft. 8 in., and of the head 

 SO tt. In Renfrewshire, at Erskine House, IS ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 2 in., and of the 

 bead 17 ft. In Banilshire, at Gordon Castle, 12 ft high, against a wall. In Perthshire, at Kinfauns 

 Castle, 8 years planted, and -1ft. high. In Ross-shire, at lirahan Castle, 6 years old, and 10 ft. high, 

 extent of the branches IS ft. 



M. nigra hi Ireland. Near Dublin, in the grounds at Terenure, there is a remarkable specimen, 

 the trunk of which divides, close by the ground, into five limbs, nearly of equal bulk, the largest 

 exceeding 10 in. in diameter, height 25 ft., circumference of the head 130 ft. At Castletown, 30 ft. 

 high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft. bin., and of the head 30ft. In Galway, at Coole, 14ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk S in., and of the head H ft. In Sligo, at Makree Castle, 8 years old, it is 8 ft. 

 high, diameter of the trunk 5 in., and of the head 7 ft. 



*M. nigra in Foreign Countries. In France, at Nantes, in the nursery of M. De Nerridres, 60 years 

 planted*, it is 19 ft high, with a trunk 2| ft. in circumference. In the Botanic Garden, at Avranches, 

 4" years planted, it is 40 ft, high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft, and of the head 20 ft. In Saxony, 

 at Worlits, SO years old, it is 19 ft. high; the diameter of the trunk Gin. In Cassel, at Wil- 

 hehnshohe, 7 years planted, it is (i ft high. In Bavaria, at Munich, in the Botanic Garden, 18 years 

 planted, it is 80 ft. high. In Austria, near Vienna, at Briick on the Leytha, 42 years old, it is 33 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 9 in., and of the head 15 ft. In Prussia, near Berlin, at Sans Souci, 

 70 years old, it is 30 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 14 in., and of the head 11 ft. In the Pfauen 

 Insel, 40 years old, it is 30 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 13 in., and of the head 44ft. 



¥ 2. M. a'lba L. The white-fruited Mulberry Tree. 



i dent ideation. Lin. Hort. Cliff., 441. ; Mill. Diet., No. 3. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 368. ; N. Du Ham., 4. 



p. B7. 

 Synonymes. M. Candida Dod. Pempt., 810.; M. frhctu albo Bauh. Pin., 459.; M. alba fructu 



minori albo insulso Du Ham. Arb., 2. p. 24. 

 Engravings. Schkuhr Handb., 3. 29:). ; T. Nees ah Esenbeck Gen. PI. Fl. Germ., fasc. 3. No. 5. 



f. 1—6., the male ; and our plate in Vol. III. 



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. Sp. PI.) A deciduous tree, growing to the height of 30 ft. 

 A native of China. Introduced in 1596; flowering in May, and ripening its 

 fruit in September. 

 Varieties. — These are extremely numerous ; and the same kinds are even dis- 

 tinguished in different countries by different names. The following are 

 some of those most generally cultivated for their leaves, as affording food for 

 the silkworm : — 



% flfe M. a. 2 multicaulis Perrottet in Ann. de la Soc. Lin. de Paris, Mai, 1824, 

 p. 129.,Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836; M. tatarica Bcsf. y but not of Lin. o r 

 Pall. ; M. bullata Balbis ; M. cucul- 

 lata Hort. ; Chinese black Mulberry, 

 Amer. ; Perrottet Mulberry, many- 

 stalked Mulberry; Murier Perrottet, 

 Fr. ; Murier a Tiges nombreuses, 

 Murier des Philippines, Ann. des ScL, 

 i. p. 336. pi. 3.; and our fig. 1223.; 

 Moro delle Filippine, Hal. — This 

 variety was introduced into France, 

 in 1821, by M. Perrottet, "agricul- 

 tural botanist and traveller of the 

 marine and colonies of France," from 

 Manilla, the capital of the Philippine 

 Islands ; into which country it had 



been brought as an ornamental tree, some years previously, from 

 China. It is considered, both in Italy and France, as by far the 

 best variety for cultivation as food for the silkworm. It is a tree, 

 or, rather, a gigantic shrub, as the name implies, of rapid growth, 

 with rigOTOUi shoots, and large pendulous leaves, which, even 

 in poor <lry soils, are 6 in. long, and 8 in. or 9 in. broad ; but which, in 

 rich humid soils, are often 1 ft. in breadth, and 15 in. or 16 in. in 

 :i. Thev arc convex on the upper surface, of a beautiful glossy 

 ii, and of a succulent texture.'. The fruit of this variety was un- 

 known in Europe till 1830. It is long, black, and of a flavour some- 



