Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-10-18
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FROM The Richmond Enquirer.
MORUS MULTICAUilS-TIl SILK CuL
TIRE

TURE.
! This subject is exciting much Of the
public attention, that have determined 10 drdl.
cate another article 10 us details Il forms the ne
queht theme OF conversation; aud II IL the topic II
many newspaper paragraph Our table is filed
WITH scraps which we have Cut from Time To lime ;
aud we have the advantage OF having before ms the
last No. of The Farmers Register. which ahounds
with Essays upon the Mulberry aud the silk worm
Our office is s'mply coudense the scattered mute
rails which lie before us
The HoruS acknowledgements, the mulberry, aud
muihcdHiis, from the Latin words mnliuS, much OF
many, aud cauiiS, the stalk stem--dctnes its
name from the man, stalks which put up from It's
toots. 1t is otherwise called the Chinese liaiberf4
from the Circumstance Outs having been brought. las
the Silk worm itself WAS many hundred ,cus aeoA
from China. Mr.. Gideon b. Smith oil BALTIMORE
who Is wrlrIng Treatise Tor the Farmers Register.
on The culture Of silk divided lnto thee paus-i
The culture If he nmbe,gy; ;. Rearing oj'hc Six
norm; The reedag hc,StH2, and preparation II
rao >lh-g'ves the following description Of the
Plant:
." The norus multicauls is dwaif tree OF more
properly large shrub. with mann stalks, as lis
spcc,de name implies, ero,eing Ike hehasto htdc &c
II Is continually sending mp young shoots from the
crown OF the root, and when these become nnne-
rous, ard the tee 6 o, Yeas old some of the
oldest STALKS die out but WheIhcr from natural de
cay OF beng persisted by their vigorous Young brcth-
reo, am unable 10 say. My old tree has been as
high as 8 feet. or iect OF which ,ouug wood
bui is generally cut ,n most Of the ,ouug wood
lof agatou, II has never exceeded that height.
The leaves when iull grown on the vigorous wood
are - 10 inches III length and 10 10 l3 inches wide.
The lapldty of ther growth causes The rbs TO grow
faster than the wtb of the leaf and hence the large
leaves are always coacarc, that they cannot be
,,aeaa nW flat without tearing them from the edges
to the n,lti rIb The leaves are heavy that the,
always han., prndu,ous, aud folded somewhat like
aiowel hung upon nail. The surface ol the Leaf
has some glossy appearance on the outer surface,
but httlc rough 10 The tpuch The fruit Of
the multicauls Is very biach. When iipc, aud when
crushed yields an intense pulple Juice. the siam
OF which is exceedingly difficult 10 wash Out. The
ltul Is about the size aud form oil white mulberry.
bun generally conlalns very ntle good seed pioba-
nly my old Tree never produced motc tIlIn % 1t one
>ea,o"."
Ilis,, i to have been originally brought to II,
nom france W here 'tisn not SO popular rs II is ia tie
C.S-We have man. 'orr plants afeady II Is belize
we'd. thaa France and ltay PIT General ia'-
mrd-e lnd, ed, sa>s, all EWoPt ana '''e '""S'''9n
- advancing amonR us wnh astonIsl'.l ''F'""9' III
iact, II Ia becoming SOFT oi raec--HnI SWIM ar
comparing 1t To the Mrino Maiia whIrh ne 'ad'n
several Yeas ago, 10 the great derimeni of son" q
the spectators, who engaged IN il. Whether tbf
same e'e cts viii be produced IN the present IN
stahce. Will depend upon our capacities for the Silk
Culture i lie trees are now sought with avidlty,
because they themselves the objects Of spcoula
ton. The very persons, WHO began To faso them
-
wlththe view Of feeding The wnrn ure induced 10 sell
''e 'ftts' on account oiihe I'cv "hen,"' no', pa'
Is Ao"h "S ''e '"u'S Is '"'el'oy wei s'oeh'u WIN
'h' ue'' my WIN e'3se 10 oe OF sueh value I'm
US NV '"'"'e " '',c s'"' S'o"" Jus'i. tue "'dh1'
1t II ''o ''S"H W .''e 81" "''''ott, "'"c"''cy W
mospe'"S' "h'ei lmpa''s any value To the Tree.
ne lresT"' rag Lon tue ch'unRs Oh tue "eo "ohlu
ne Il eo''l.e'c huhoos' II IT were n"' l"f me 'u'a
''a' 'he SUN h'1"u'''ut Is u's'hsn III h'u'sn' bp
'"e 'a's,"S VI 'o u'e 'o' "'e sim "o''n 's' III AZ
P'o''"'N' :" NC ie''H'hrh, anu P'"h''o'c "'cu
P'''on-'nu 'h''e'aff' ,ho"Sh tue present Pliees
eahn't Dc onS supported YET me enll'"io" 81 TIE
Mope''y Is IN'iE 10 e",hue ana even To increase,
Ion the benen' OF those WI" w''' ra'se The worm.
Particular circumstances nave gwen tue Tate ls
Iohi'hhe Impulse 10 Tue pou"c'lon I'll 'le Tree he
amer heS'Sief says
h'S no" pct" s'V"l'. y'a,s sl'tt sui'"'y com
ha''s WIZ '"dt'eie", !" '"c 4Noi'ielh '2''s' WIN
'''Ee ''l''s, No'',"'' VI 'V''l 'o' '''t P"'loS'o
prosecuting inc culture ana manufacture OF SILK
Many mort Sa'h oi,'l'n''S nave since oeoh formed
'nu nave commenced operations anu a'ieiy, so'ne
"'te oe'n 'S''o'isheu eve" III '"c 'e'hafS,c Soun'
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