. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. MORRENIA MORUS 1033 Cynanohum) and the tubular corona, which is longer than the pistils, villose on the inside, and conniving over the pistils. The Ivs. are opposite aiid hastate. M. odorata, Lindl., is offered by Pranceschi, S. Calif. It has white fragrant lis. in dense cj'mes in the axils. De- scribed by Ijiu
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. MORRENIA MORUS 1033 Cynanohum) and the tubular corona, which is longer than the pistils, villose on the inside, and conniving over the pistils. The Ivs. are opposite aiid hastate. M. odorata, Lindl., is offered by Pranceschi, S. Calif. It has white fragrant lis. in dense cj'mes in the axils. De- scribed by Ijiudley as long ago as 1838, but appears never to have been brought into cultivation. Franceschi says it is "a noble vine; foliage very ; Argen- tine and Paraguay. 1424. Staminate flower of Russian Mulberry^ Enlarged. 1425. Pistillate flower of Russian Mulberry. Enlarged. MORUS (the ancient Latin name). Urficdceie or Moi-itcew. MuLBEREy. About 100 species of Mulberry have been described, but the latest monographer (Bu- reau, DO. Prodr. 17:237 [1873]) reduces them to 5. Some of the names are now referred to other genera. Many of the names represent cultural forms of M. alha. Mulberries are grown as food for silkworms and for the edible fruits. The silkworm Mulberry of history is M. alba, and the fruit-bearing Mulberry of history is iJC. nigra. Yet, strangely enough, the leading fruit-bearing varieties of North America are derived from 31. alha (see Bailey, Bull. 41, Cornell Exp. Sta., and "Evolution of Our Native Fruits"). The native M. rubra has also given varieties which are grown for their fruits. The silkworm Mulberry of the Chinese is M. muUicatilis, by some considered to be a form of M. alba. This was intro- duced into North America early in the century, and for a time there was the wildest speculation in the selling and planting of the Mulberry tree, and in the rearing of silkworms. These efforts have now largely passed away in North America. M.
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