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Tlie mulberry silkworm, Sericaria mori . 
Its past history, 75 — Earliest silk-culture in China and India. 75— 
Its introduction into Europe, 76—Value of silk produced in 
France, 76—The “Silk Supply Association” in England, and its 
objects, 76—Countries exporting raw silk, 77—The name given 
to silk by different nations, 77 —History of the mulberry silk¬ 
worm in America, 77—Its introduction and failure of earlier ef¬ 
forts, 77—Renewal of silk-culture within the past decade, 77— 
Silk manufacture in the United States, 78—Favorable prospects , 
for raising silk in this country, 78—Silk-growing in California, 
79— Mr. Provost’s “California Silk-grower’s Manual,” 79—False 
statements and exaggerations in Provost’s book, 79—Sale of Cal¬ 
ifornian silkworm eggs, 80 —Disastrous effect of the Franco- 
Prussian war on the egg trade, 81—Success of silk-culture in Cal¬ 
ifornia dependent on the ability to reel the silk, 81—Silk-culture 
in Kansas, 82— -Mons. Boissiere’s silk establishment and its 
chances of ffuccess, 82 —Silk-growing in Missouri, 83—The fall 
season in Missouri eminently propitious for rearing silkworms, 
84 — Natural history of the silkworm, 84—Races of the silkworm 
produced by domestication, 84—Effects produced on the insect 
by domestication, 85—The egg, 86 — Larva and larval changes, 
86 — Cocoon, chrysalis, and moth, 87 — No insect parasite of the 
silkworm in Europe, 87 —The “ Uji ” disease in China and Japan, 
87 — Diseases of the silkworm, 88; the Muscardine, its effect and 
cause, 88; the Pebrine disease, its symptoms and cause, 89; 
nature and origin of these diseases, 90—Other diseases of the 
silkworm, 91 —Best varieties or races, 90 — Different forms of co¬ 
coons produced by different races, 92 —How best to rear silk¬ 
worms, 92 —Rearing a very simple process, 92—Character of 
climate of the Japanese silk districts, 93—Keeping the eggs dur¬ 
ing the winter, 93—Hatching of the eggs, 93— Room and building 
for the rearing of the worms, 93— The feeding net or fillet, 94— 
Importance of carrying all the worms simultaneously through 
their molts, 94—Regularity of feeding, 95 —Regulating the tem¬ 
perature, 95 — Cocoonery, 96— Choking the chrysalis, 96—Egg- 
laying, 97—Selecting and fastening the cocoons for breeding pur¬ 
poses, 97 — Treatment of the female moths after copulation, 97— 
Preservation of the eggs, 97—Reeling, 98—Great skill required 
to accomplish the work properly, 98 —Classification of raw silk, 
98—Preparing tbe cocoons for reeling, 98 — Objects of and manip¬ 
ulations in reeling, 99—Best food for the worms, 100—Varieties 
of the mulberry, 100— Cultivation of the mulberry, 100—Osage 
orange as silkworm food, 100— Introduction of the osage orange 
into France, 100 —Experiments in America with feeding silk¬ 
worms on osage orange, 101 — Advantages and disadvantages of 
the osage orange, 102. 
The cecropia silkworm, Attacus cecropia.. .... 
Changes made in its scientific generic name, 103—General appear¬ 
ance of the moth, 103—Fitch’s explanation of the specific name, 
104 — Food-plants, 104—The cccoou, 104—Value of the cocoon as 
compared with that of the polyphemus moth, 105—How the 
moth issues from the cocoon, 105— The moth immediately after 
hatching, 106—The egg, 106 —Description of the larval changes, 
