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cover an extraordinary breadth of alluvial or manured land 
in a marvellous short space of time. At Sydney, Mr. Brady 
can provide leaves from this Indian variety all through the 
year by the removal of cuttings, which will strike their root 
almost at any season. It ripens also seeds readily, and 
should be kept at bush size. It requires naturally less space 
than the other kinds. A fourth variety comes from North 
China ; it has heart-shaped flat thickish leaves, which form 
very good food for the Silkworm. Mr. Brady, as well as 
Mr. Martelli, recommend very particularly the variety, 
passing under the name Morns multicaulis for the worms in 
their earliest stages. The former recommends the Cape 
variety also ; the latter wishes also the variety, called Morns 
Morettiana, to be used on account of its succulent nutri- 
tious foliage, so well adapted for the insect while yet very 
young, and also on account of producing the largest amount 
of food within the shortest time. The Manilla variety, 
known as Morus multicaulis, comes several weeks earlier 
into bearing than most other sorts, and should therefore be 
at hand for early hatched worms. 
Morus nigra, L.* 
The Black Mulberry-tree. South Eussia and Persia. 
Highly valuable for its pleasant refreshing fruits. It is a 
tree of longevity, instances being on record of its having 
lived through several centuries. It is also very hardy. The 
leaves also of this species aiford food for the ordinary silk- 
moth. The tree occurs usually unisexual. Jf. atropurpurea, 
Eoxb., from Cochin-China, is an allied tree. The cylin- 
drical fruit-spike attains a length of two inches. 
Morus rubra has been recorded already in the Appendix to 
our Acclimatisation Society’s Eeport for 1870-1871, among 
the timber- trees. 
Musa Cavendishii, Lambert. 
(AT. regia, Eumph. ; M. Chinensis, Sweet.) 
The Chinese Banana. A comparatively dwarf species, the 
stem attaining only a height of about 5 or 6 feet. Its 
robust and dwart habit render it particularly fit for exposed 
