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with any supposable rate of profit, to com- (K.) 

 pensate for the capital of a silk farm lying Endosur 

 dead for four years, and in a country where 

 labour is dearer than in Bengal and irrigation 

 necessary 



I have to remark, with regard to the two varieties 

 of white mulberry before mentioned, that they are 

 of much slower growth than the common kind, and 

 will probably make good standard trees. They do 

 not so readily root from cuttings. I have found 

 budding them on the common mulberry the most 

 eligible way of propagating them, as a single bud 

 inserted into a stock serves the purpose of five or 

 six buds sacrificed for a cutting, besides gaining a 

 year's growth by the age of the stock. This is, of 

 course, only a temporary expedient, to facilitate 

 the quicker introduction of the plant into the 

 country. 



I have the honour to be, &c. 

 (Signed) Charles Lush, 

 Superintendent Botanic Gardens, 

 Dapooree. 



Dapooree, Poona, 

 31st January 1833, 



