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ship-builders ; and at Philadelphia and Baltimore it com- 
mands a high price, for the frame-work, knees, floor-timbers, 
and trunnels of vessels. The Red mulberry is much slower 
in its growth than the locust ; but so far as we are aware, 
it is not liable to the attacks of any insect destructive to its 
timber ; and it would probably be found profitable to culti- 
vate it as a timber- tree. The locust, it will be remembered, 
grows thriftily only on peculiar soils, loose, dry, and mellow : 
the Red mulberry prefers deep, moist, and rich situations. 
No extensive experiments, so far as we can learn, have been 
made in its culture ; but we would recommend it to the 
particular attention of those who have facilities for planta- 
tions of this kind. 
The Black mulberry of Europe, ( Morus nigra ,) is alow, 
slow-growing tree, with rough leaves, somewhat resembling 
those of our Red mulberry, but more coarsely serrated, and 
often found divided into four or five lobes ; while the leaves, 
which are not heart-shaped on our native species, are gene- 
rally three-lobed. The European mulberry bears a fruit four 
or five times as large as the American, full of rich, sweet 
juice. It has long been a favourite in England, and is one 
of the most healthy and delicious fruits of the season. 
Glover says : 
— “ There the flushing peach, 
The apple, citron, almond, pear, and date, 
Pomegranates, purple mulberry , and fig, 
From interlacing branches mix their hues 
And scents, the passengers’ delight.” 
Leonid. B. II. 
We regret that so excellent a fruit should be so little cul- 
tivated here. It succeeds extremely well in the middle 
