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(K.) worms would thrive on the leaves produced from 

 ^EenT ^ unable to say. 



Not being sufficiently acquainted with botany, 

 I am quite unable to afford any correct infor- 

 mation as to the description of plants grown in 

 these aurungs, but probably both the white and 

 red kind are used. 1 beg to forward herewith two 

 descriptions of the leaf from plants cultivated in 

 these districts ; but the natives have no names to 

 distinguish them, if they should belong to different 

 classes. I beg also to forward eighteen fresh mul- 

 berry cuttings. They are somewhat longer than 

 they should be for planting ; but this has been 

 allowed purposely, to admit of an inch at each end 

 being cut off before they are put into the ground, 

 to induce vegetation. 



It is perhaps worthy of remark, that mulberry 

 plantations are not cultivated out of the province 

 of Bengal. The cause from which this happens is 

 said to be, that neither the soil nor climate is con- 

 genial to the growth of the plant. The land of 

 Bengal, indeed, is only partially adapted to its 

 culture, and spots of ground are selected accord- 

 ingly. 



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