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Extract Letter from J. 31. De Verinne, Superinten- 

 dent of Akra Farm. 



(K.) 



Report from The kind of mulberry which the silk-worms 

 of Akra Farm? prefer has a small leaf of a dark colour, rather 

 thick, called double-leaf, and difficult to pick. Its 

 botanic name is morus alba. 



The kinds that will give best as standard trees 

 are called morus alba^ of a white berry, and morus 

 rubia, of a black berry, with upright large trunks 

 dividing into large spreading heads, rising twenty 

 feet high and more. 



I think the common dessi/ (morus indica) is the 

 best adapted for cultivation on the Bengal plan, as 

 described by Mr. Shakespear, which is pretty 

 nearly the same all over Bengal. In some places, 

 however, they strip the leaves off the stems, instead 

 of cutting both together. 



Memorandum by Mr. W. Storm, 



There are four kinds of mulberry used for feed- 

 ing the silk-worm in the districts of Calcutta. 



The native names are saw, b/wre, dessy, and 

 china. The two first produce fruit (black), but 

 the last two have no fruit. The leaves of the saw 

 are very large, but they are not given to the 

 worm till they have passed two goome. The leaf 

 of the bhore is small and jagged : the leaf of the 

 dcssy is small and plain ; and the china is also 



small, 



