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in a much fresher state than those heretofore sent (K ) 

 to me, and that consequently, I hope to be more ^i^eSj.>m 

 successful in rearing the cuttings. i^TTiri; 



To C. Shakespear, Esq., Commercial Resident, 

 Soonamooky. 



Sir: 



I regret that the doppia foglia mulberries are not Letter from 



Supeiintendent 



at present in a fit state to cut again, but in a lew of Botanic 

 weeks I will continue the supply of cuttings. atDapooree. 



I send herewith cuttings of an entire leaved variety ^^"^'^^^ 

 of the morus received with the other two kinds 



from St. Helena. As this is the kind I had supposed 

 you have in Bengal, under the name oi madrassee, I 

 shall be obliged for farther information, on compari- 

 son between the leaves herewith sent and the plants 

 when growing. A case of the cuttings of the larger 

 variety of morus alba shall follow this immediately. 



I am not sure that you will recognize much dis- 

 tinction in the dried leaves, but the plants when 

 growing are of a very different habit. The one I 

 term the large Italian white has more substance in 

 the leaves, which retain moisture much longer, and 

 on that account alone, perhaps^ may afford a better 

 food for the worms. 



We have nothing under our presidency deserving 

 the name of a silk filature. The worm was first 

 introduced into the southern Mahratta Dooal from 

 Mysore, by Mr. Baber, principal Collector, about 



the 



