. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies -- North America. Fig. 192.—Cocoon of B. mori. (After Riley.) Fig. 191.—Larva of Bombyx mori, (After Riley.) the leaves of the white mulberry, and will also feed freely upon the leaves of the Osage orange, an American hedge-plant. The insect was introduced at an early date into the American colonies, but its culture has not as yet risen in the New World to great proportions, though the manufacture of silk from imported material is at the present day an important American industry. The culture
. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies -- North America. Fig. 192.—Cocoon of B. mori. (After Riley.) Fig. 191.—Larva of Bombyx mori, (After Riley.) the leaves of the white mulberry, and will also feed freely upon the leaves of the Osage orange, an American hedge-plant. The insect was introduced at an early date into the American colonies, but its culture has not as yet risen in the New World to great proportions, though the manufacture of silk from imported material is at the present day an important American industry. The culture of silk is an industry which might be best undertaken and maintained in the Southern States of the American Union, where climatic conditions are wholly favorable to it. The Caro- linas and Georgia appear to fur- nish the best climate for the development of this industry, and it is believed by those who are most conversant with the matter that in time the rearing of the silk- worm may become in these States an exceedingly important and profitable branch of industry. Southern California and Arizona are also likely to become centers in which the growing of raw silk may be successfully Fig. 193.—Moth oi B. mori. (After Riley.) T^HE HISTORY OF SILK-CULTURE The greater portion of the silk of commerce is produced by the larvae of the moth known as Bombyx mori. The in- 316. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932. Garden City, N. Y. , Doubleday, Page & Co.
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