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RAW-SILK. 



(K.) variety of the white mulberry (the morus alba^ 

 Letter from hitherto, I believo, unknown in Beno;al. 



Resident ^ 



atSoonamooky, 3. \Ye have uot been so lucky with the doppia 



26 Aug. 1833. *' 



foglia, or double-leaf ; but as Dr. Lush has 

 obligingly promised to continue supplying me 

 with cuttings of a more mature description,* and 

 differently packed from those which failed in the 

 transit, there is every prospect of ultimate success, 

 the plant being naturally hardy. Meanwhile Dr. 

 Lush states, that he has despatched by sea two 

 boxes of the living plants consigned to the Secre- 

 tary, Territorial Department, Calcutta, but does 

 not knovy the date of the sailing of the vessel." 

 Perhaps these have already reached their desti- 

 nation ; if so, I should be very glad to receive, 

 through the intervention of your Board, a small 

 proportion of the doppia fogUa, in order to their 

 propagation here with the other variety. 



4. Your Board will observe. Dr. Lush states 

 that the St. Helena breed has become so dege- 

 nerate at Poonah, in spite of every care, that he 

 does not expect to restore it ; but that this is matter 

 of little importance, as the specimens which I sent 

 him of the Bengal annual and its silk are conclu- 

 sive in favour of the latter." This opinion accords 

 with my own ; f but I shall probably be able to 



make 



* From trees received by the Hugh Lindsay steamer from 

 Europe. 



X See fourth paragraph of my letter, 2d April 1833, to the 

 Board. 



