Encyclopedia article on the mulberry (genus Morus) covering its botany, species, and cultivation. It describes the black mulberry grown for fruit, the white mulberry (M. alba) used to feed silkworms in sericulture, and the red mulberry of North America. It also notes the paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera), whose bark is used for paper and for South Sea tapa cloth. A botanical plate of Morus nigra is included.