A Lil)BECK MORO

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DISSERTATIO GRADUALIS DE

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Yc11in l11clyti Pbilofophorur11 Ordinis₁

PRJESIDE

Viro Ampli.ii,no b' Celtbtrrimo

D. ER.ICO GUST A VO Lil)BECK

Hifi. Nat. Proidf. R. & 0. Dirccl. P!Jntar. Scan. Equitt A11r.

lleg. Ord de Wnfo, f:cg. Acad. Scient, Svcc. &c, Mcmbro. Foc. Pbil. h. a. Dec.

Pztblico E.,camini fubjicit AucToR ET REsPONDENS

JOH AN HENRI C ENGELHART

G11thof,11.-;,nfis

Die XVII, Dcccrnbris An. MDCCLXXVH.

L. H. C,

LUNDIE,

T,~ . .Rtg. Aul. C•m. b' Dfrrl't. R,g. Arnl C11ro/1,rit T,n,,,gr.

C,\IWLl GUSTAV! BERL11'G.

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In Sn<rnm R egi111n Mojeff atem

Mngnd! Fidei Piro,

R1gitf C1111eel/111·i11 Conjilinrio Grn1.:i(ji11Jo, R1gii OrdiTJis.,

ljfli a lPnja 110111en bnbet, Cornmeudatori Frtlge1Jt~(/imo ,

Regid! Acndemi<e Scientinn1m Svecan<e, Regite Soeietntis Pntr;,e, Sotietntis Gothoburgenfis,

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$o(>ietntis Botnnicd! F/orentilt<e Membl'"

Dig11iffi111e,

Nobiliffimo Domino, DOll11N-O

CLAUDIO ALSTRÖMER,

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-ln Sacram Regiom Majeftatem

M11g11te Fidei Piro,

Regii . Collegii lommerciornm Con/iliario Meriti/[,1110,

• Regi i Ordi11i1 de Wnj11 Etf'Jiti Splendidi(!imo, Societ11tis Mn·cntur<e Orientr,/is Svec111ue Direclori

Pigilantr!fimo,

Regi'4 Academi~ Sde11tiarru11 Svu1111tt, Regict Ac11dm1i~ Mujica!

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Societntis Ciotboburgenfts Me11Jiro Dig1Ji(/i1110,

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inoJ DOMJNO

PA . TRICK ALSTRÖMER,

-SU1mn ·s Patrit:t, Commerciorimt pariter ac Agricul- tantmn Fulgenti}]i.11torunt Parentum SpleJtdidHfi11tiC Nobilij]imte I Vohis, inqua1Jt, Mtecenate s Simm1i, .tot ft<:rare volui, debui. Floreat. Vefira ad Jeros usque _fqpi'1, p,·opriis proniet·it~s Patrite bonisque .onmihu-s

minum /7eftrormn

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Clariffin1e D:ne CANOIDA TE

Quonam ! Te jam detineburtt Aoloniorum labores? for-

fitan de grege Sernm bene mereri fl:udes, bombycinis a~

l1qu;iado c:'put orJnatt1~0 Tuum? Q11dni Parrrnffia: potim;;

Laura, CllJlls fol1 brev 1, u-r ano-urn, comam cincrcnt fuam, aliquam impendis opernm? Efl ⁰ne Tibi lono-a iatis ~ mo.

lefta aci fannm lF.fculapii tcrenda via? V~rumamen Ja.

bo ·cs Philofophorum Tuas non exhaurient vi res, atqui a- mant alacres juvenes, in alieno erjam , pedes poncre, Cbo, ro; neque me fog-ere poren Te, circuirione luc urcnrem ac in campum Ph1lo{ophorum cxfpatianrem, non per i- gnotes vias du bios ferre paflus, {erl ut fagsx & attenrus has ingre{fus es, ita nullus dubiro, quin incle reportaturus fis fapienria: truB:us; namque multa utilia ibi atgue jurnnda invenies rcpofira: bis ideo immorari non immori mens Tua efl, {ed Caurearus ad ca ftudia capelienda eris rever- furus , qu:r in vita' neceffiratem ex,ogitarn veluti videnn:r;

funcque eo magis no~ilia , 9uod animam fug_ientem quafi fifiere , viram ac fan1tatem confervare Mediet efi. Ergo quidquirl di\·es Tibi concem, natura, blanda largira efl:

fors, ad emdirionem 8c virrutem id dextre ur applice~, cer- to rriihi per!vsdeo; hnc enim colliment omnin Tua fiu- dia, bzc efi indu!genriffimi Parenris fpes , amicorum ex- { peaatio. ~t a~tem virtutum. om~ium JEquiffimus JEfli.

maror przm11s d1gnis Te· nffictat, rnrer vora ha bebo, de . profpero rcrnm Tuarum {ucccfJu femper gavifurus.

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ert deploranda gencris nofiri corrupta natnra,

•:..It iis qua: ad virnm nofl:ram fuctencandam

confervandamquc (utficiant maximcque ne- ceffaria fint, haud longe immoremur, fed, qurc a nobis, vanitntis fuco obc~'l!cacis, adhuc majora fi1lcn- didioraquc ccnfeancur, quxque maximis f.1?pe non nifi cum molefb s a<l1p1fci pofiimus, vehementer cupiamus acque enic..1111ur. Hinc Lu.Tru, qui, quam- vis pr fc1s co6nicus t·.!mporibns, minus tarnen fuit indultns, qui vcro nunc temporis ab omnibus non modo cogn0l~1mr, , erum ecjarn cercis, immo

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prob.dolor! plurimis regionibus colicur & una eum

!c.ientiis quotidie fere crefcit atque artis cujus<lam infrar, principiis conveniencer docemr, difcicur, fuo- que etjam gaudet reHore, ufo nimirum rcccpco , ( /11 mode). In vefiibus vim föam Luxus ma•

gnam exercet & ad eas mutandas nobilicandnsque plurimum confert frudii; quo fit; ut anirnalium haud contenti pellibus, fericas ( a \ fo~ilesque pre- tiofas appecamus veftes. ~re cnm ita fine & eo nunc vivamus Sa:culo, quo Ierico carere impoffibi.

le videacur, anxie folliciteque efr circurnfpicier.dum, qua racione minimis cum impenfis ifl:o pociamur.

Fieri boc nequit nifi animalcula illa ex quibus pa- rarur (ericnm, in patria no!l:ra imroducanrnr hofpi- tioque excipiantur. Afl: ! quomodo hoc, nifi omni•

um primo arbores illre peregrime ex qnarun: foliis nucrimentum fuum habcanc Bombyces, feramur co- lanturqne? Hic igitur quo obrineatur fin is, ha rum arborum naruram, facionis plancacionisque modnm, 9nrequi. pofb:a habenda fit cura, probe noffe, neces- fario requirimr. Alcerum ego Specimen Academi- cmn pro Laurea edimrns, diu memet non mono, ve.rum etjatn varios Erudicorum, de ejusmodi Dis- fertationis materia, qure veris Naturre fcrut·noribus grnta effet atque nccepca, confolui. Fateor quidem, quamplLHima

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mihi obtuliffe argumenca; ex mulcis amem eligere commodiffimum, perdifficile effe, quis neget? Nc vero tempus, in materire e]e- aione, jufio longins degerem, de MORO ALBA, Bombycum optimo alimemo, B. c. D. ogere de-

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B. neqne mirmn, ranta enim mihi haud ett expe•

riencia', quanta ad 'hane materiam exponendam ne- celfa ria fuit; ni hilo .tam en minus , fi felix earum ob{ervationum, quas pailim apud au8:orcs inveni, quasque Celeberr. D. PRJESES Ipfe, mukorurn annorum experientia)1ac in re munitus, mihi commu- nicai:t: haud dedignatus foit, evadam colleclor, vote ,mc L. B. potiri fcias. Tuo igitur, Humaniffime Let.1or, mitiori judicio, hocce conamen juvenile-,

·ecjam atque etjam commendo. Ec fic • - - Ut 1ufrm1, 1uo11do ut voJumus ¹¹⁰¹¹ Jicet.

TEllEN-T.

(a) Video fericas vell.es, fi ve{les vocandz tunr; in .quibus nihil eft quo defendi aut co· pus , aut deni<jue pudor poffir. L. A. SENEC. de Benef. L. VII. c, IX.

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Etymologin vocis Mo ri.

De Mori vocis origine aclurus Ill. v. LINN1f, illis Mornm -'ldnu\nerat plantis, qu.e orrginis fimt

Or<ec~ obfcurie, q1111rum 91111111/ilu,·imd: utJrtntur Jiflicilli- 111e &' erut,e dubia! t,mw1 peiftfl1111t. ( 11) Originem Mori vocis erfe Gr~cam, eo pociori jure cum Nob. Ar~

chiatro von LINNe O:atuimus, quo certius efi, Mo•

ri memionem tieri in Novo Sacri Codicis Tefi:a-

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tllC!lto, ubi ita in Evange!. f ,UCiE c XVII. , . 6;

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cg1tur: 1:1 1::17';'.;cTc ;n;-111 w~ KOv.xo·J vl'.IWTrtw;. i:i\c1^E'rc

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av 'TIil (it};(OCµIVG.l 'TCl.:JTi1, EXflsC,, ijTI, Kel.I 4-1:Jnt, ,11·: f-')

-r11 9C1.>-.r/r;-r;',1. • Summus Sacer Bocanicus OL. CELSI-

US, lb) una cum rnnltis aliis Sacrarum Pandet1:armn lnterpretibus, o-uKaµ,vov per Morum atqne Sycami- nun'l reddidit. Plurium de cetero tttl:imoniis com- probatur, Morum Latin is eandern effo arborem ac cruKrLµ,vov Grrecis. Dicit ex. gr. CORNEL. CELSUS: ( c) Clr,ui Morn111 Syc11mi11on oppell1111t. Ditl:a ecjam foit h~c arbor Grn:cis Mo~eo1., quod probe tefracm D1O- SCORJOES· ·. d) dnm ait: Mofeoc. ~ '2:,u;1,.<J.µi,[C1.> OE'ilJfov . SS'I yvwfiµov. ^.'vfr^mlS ^/eu Syct1mili,·o l ,1rbor TTOftl e/l.

Idem etjam affeverat GALENUS ( e) hifce verb is: :Eu•

;.(l..µ1~8 78T' €S'l MofEXq yr/,)..(1. c',q oivov EYXECl..9, Sy-

COTllilli b. e. Mu, ¹ l,,c w v1mo11;~,. i1J/u11dt!. De ratione Mori . denorninationis, nihil pro certo fiarni poce(r.

Vari~ circa hane rem exfrant fententire. Vero antem fimile videtur, Mormn dictarn fuiffe a fruEtns nigritie, (quam deprehendimus in Mora nigra) 11.~u- fOV enim nigrnm efl: f). Dicimr Morus Sv. Mnl- bårstråd j G~I. Meurier; Angl. Mulberrytree, &

Germ. Maulberbaum; quod ultimum nomen Mo- rum accepiffe, q□ ia s-oµa.-nxov -rov Mos10v, oris affeEli- bus commodus fit Mori frn8:ns, opinatus ell: JOH.

BAUHINUS. g).

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adbuc plura de Mori vocis E- tymologia cupit OL. CELSII Hierobotanicon, &

JOH. BAUHlNI Hi(l-or. Pfontar. Univerf. adeat, de-

!iderioque ejus facisfiet. ·

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(a) Philof. i.o:. p r /+ 1.b) Hicrobo~.mic. l.'. l. p z;,i,.

(C) L. 111./c. 18. (d) L I. c. ¹⁸¹ (e, ;c(i.TctTOTB;

L. V. c. 9. ( f) E<fays (ur le; d rogucs fimp les par LI!.~1ME.RY. (g, Tom. I. c. LXlll p. 120.

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F.ltn IY l ori Albce e rtra Pa trimn.

Sicuti omncs Scientire artt!S".]Ue, perperno cil' • cuma~untur grro, fedes mutant {equc diffunciunt ;

(i~ etj:1111 cum Ccrici i\Joriquc cultura {ele habuit;

omn·bns nimirum non fomcl viguic lucis, fcd car- pcim .;rquc pedcccntim pergendo, ab Aufiralioribus ad Aqllllonales pcrvenic regioncs. Afiam, & qui- dcm m hac Chinam . :\lorus alba funm agno(~it lo- c.nm nacalcm; (a) cui erjam Ill. v. LlNNc af!entiri

• ,c'irnr, dum l\ 1orum albam in China habitare as- ievcn1t. ( l> J Hinc ad Perfus migravic, indc ad Gra~cos, & deinceps ad Icaliam, ubi Mori .t\tb~ cul- rura majores indies cgit radices. Ex Irnlia ad Hi ...

fpaniam Morus ven it ; porro ad Galliam, & hcic cjus culmra fub LUOOVICO XL incepta atq. fub HENRICO IV. laucfobilicer concinuaca fuir; magnam cnim HENRICUM IV. circa Mori plantacionem ha- buiffe curam atque follicitudinem, tefl:antur Lu M,- mr,ires de SYL.LY €1 L' H fluil e da J?r,i HENRI le .~rn11d pnr PEREFI.Y. Adhuc vcro majori cura hu•

jus arboris plantarionem amplexi funt Magni Galliz Reges, J ,CDOVICUS XIV. acque LUDOVICUS X V. A<l Germanos deindc h~c perlaca e!l: arbor,

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& quidem magno cum fucceffo illarn in Boruffia pla11cari, acutiffimus fapicnritrimt1sque hujui Regn i Monarcba peculiari findio ci1ravic. Porro in Dania quoqne fe coli pa(fa elt lVIorus alba.

(e) Commernorat Celeb. Abocnfium Profellor -·P. Ki\LM

ii1 ltiner. T. Il. p. 15::i.. Morum Albam, non vero n"ifi rarirtime, in fil vis Ameri< z & Meridionalis 8t

Septemrionalis repertam. (b) Spec. Pla;1tar. p. 1 398.

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F(tta Mori

Alba in

Svecia.

FaEh in priori §. mentione translationis Mori in aufrraliores Europ~ regiones, feqnancur jam ex- perimenta no!tr.a borealia. Hi(ce vero anfam pra:- buere aliquoc Malmogi~ olim plantat~ Mori alb.:e arbores, qu~ duriffimam recencioris rev i hyemem . anni 1739 & 17-1,0 perculeranc, dum plurima:: in Sca:

nia plantat;E Mor! nigr.e gelu perierunt. ( a) Surn:

mo vero vifus acumine perlufl:ratis a Nob. D. PRLE- SlDEa_nno 17,2 in Brandenburgo acque Saxonia Plan- tationibus; eodem anno Ordines Regn i congregati, . Regem fupplices roganmt, ut lpfum D. Profdforem ex-

perimenca Mori plantand~ juberet Lunda! infl:icue, re; quare . ecjam Noh D. PR JE~ES ineunce anno 1753, in Elyfio Acaciemico, Paradis-Lyckan fic di-

c.l:o,

mox libram unam cum dimidia Mori albre fe. minum fparfit, fominaria infl:ruxic, omnibusque pe•

tentibus & femina & plantas di(l:ribuic, iuxca man- datum

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damm fibi injun8:um, (b) jllbencipqsque dc;ing~?e- gni Ordinibus liceris impreffum anno 17;6. Vqiµ.

ptas rleinde Mori ferendai: ubique fuccrevit, ut pJre- cer pl:mrnrium Reginre Vidure ,Augufl:iffim~, UL- RIC~ ELEONOR.fE, Scientiarum artiumque omni- um Min•ervre, Drottningholmenfe, itemque Medici Regii D- OoB:. , HALLMANNI Stockholmenfe in Ladugårdslandet, ecjam in \VeO:robotnia & AUi- dem ~kelefoe easdem arbores feveric Prrepofitus D.

D. HOGSTRÖM, in O(kobotnia autem Profeffo.

res D. D. KALM ac GADD; immo vero pluribus in locis fatre fu11c, utpote AlingsMia- per Reg. Col- leg. <;:ommerc. Confi!iarium Nob. D. JONAM AL·

STROMER, Confiliarium Civitacis D. KOHL Nor- copire·, Merc:icorem D. SKOGE Caroli-Coronre,. ,-\.s- fe(for. & Doc.1. D. W AHLBOM Calm:-iria!, Me.m•

hrnm Fori caufarnm rei fabrilis ( Sv. Hall-Råtts Af- firl-enren > D. HELLMAN Gochoburgi, &c. Pri- maria autem Mori nofl:rre Plantaria inttituerant Mer- eatores 0. D. MlLDAHN Coronic.e, SUELL Mal.

mogi~ & APPELGREN Lundce, nec qon Celeberr.

Doin. Profe(for LUNELL Chrifban(l:adii, qui paricer remlic, rufricos Smolandia: qL1osdam, f.an- 0:a fimplicitate duaos, arbores illas plantan- di , in 9.uibus Sericum crcfcere Qpinabaritur.

Famn tandem indufl:rire Gentis nofirre in M9.ris plan- rondis tanrnm vatuit, uc Fcemina qnB;c;lam Irnla,- OL YMPJi\S DI SOMMARTINO, Hqlmiam anno 17 p fe conculerit, nova infl:ituta Mori plaman<l:.-c Scrkique producendi traditura; pervenic quoque

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Profe(for quidam eodem tcmpore, MARSSOX , qui, {vafu tunc tcmporis Legati no(l:ri in Galli~ , jam Regis Rcgnique Senatoris Excellenciff Gencro-

fi([ Comitis D. ULR. SCHEFFER , fua acitlidit prxcepta: Al/emoirl' /11r

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Itaquc Celch. D. PR/ESES, cmn 9.uibusdam Col- Jcgii i\lanufatl-ur. (Sv. Manufad:ur Conteiret) mem- bris inico confilio, de hifce rebus foam ntculit fen- tcntiam; Extcris vcro, nimis pccentiuu<:, res ipfa non convenit ; quare illi binc rurfu::, ckmi~rnrunc.

Plancara ,·ero haud exigua arborum copia m urbi- bus Scanix pariter ac rnri apud Nobile-, & Saccr- doces, Edich1111 quoddam dJ.:·ulgavic Ord1!1um Re- gn i Collegium fanufaaur. de Pr.1 •ni::-- ta111

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pcer :irbores plantandas, ( c) quam S..:ricum cru- dum prxpnrandmn (d) obtincndis; !ed i11ccrprccacio ejusdem Editl-i, die q Marcii anni ¹⁷;9 ta"cum inter arbores conf~rendns iuffi~ f >:Jtii, ut fpcs de pra!- miis ferendis Plancacores fofl:llerir, unde arl,ores negleEh-e relinquebancur. Multitudo tnmen in Sca- nia arborum fo~rum, ad anl'l.um 1760. numerutll

1 ;co-':O impleverac, in Elyfio Academico nopcr fa-

tis> paritcr ac adultioribus ubique co111putads. Ccs- famibus vero prrernlis fub ejllsdcm ann i Comitiis, fturl-i- um quoque Plantationis ce(fav1t, reli8:isquc plamacic;.ne- gligentia plerisque in Jo;is pcricrc Ad annum itaque 1765 _plurima: Mori albxex bi(ce cautlis perdira: erJnr,

fi cxcrpias arbores juxta domum Colorum pr~paran-

doram e>- Jfacide ac Rubia tind:ornm, propc Lun- ciam , plamacas .: Jam ,·ero icerum ip!a ha:c domus,

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Comiciorum ·conclufo anni ,166, in Nofocomium Pro-

\'incire permutanda; cum plura Mororum millia parva precio venderencur ; translatis inde arboribus in ccemeceria, plerisque fobinde marcefcencibus, ma-

gna ecjarn multitudine prorfos eradicata , lo- cus in agrum, frngibus ferendis complanatus efr.

Rariores jam Mori arbufculre paffim per urbem foperfönt, major tamen harnm copia in Elyfio A- cadernico, quarum alcera pars denfos confötuic lu- cos, in feminario, nullis ob loci angufriam t.ran{b~

tis, reli8:a; alcera vero transplantata, fpåtiis 7 vel

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ulnarum interjaccntibus, arbores magis & minus proceras, fruticesque minores concinet. Circum- circa fepes virentcs C·111·pini confitre font ad procellas ceterasque aeris injurias propulfandas, extra quas ctjam arbores excelfa!, Ulmi, Frnxini, /kerir ac Crntttgi occupavere locmn. S-epius tamen Mori alb-ze arbuCT:um ex hyemis favicia laborare obferva- vimus, fecedente e ligno cortice quandoque revire- fcence; allt Cancro dem öm abfunme fuerunt arbores., prrefertim fitu nimis den(~. Nec tacendum, Moras nofi:ras Lichenib1,s nimis obrui, id, quod minus mirandum, fiqui<lem loco terraque aptata fat<E, humo argillaque commixca, folo aucem plus jufro fucculenco. Sum nibilo minus arhores, 20

annorum recace, ., vel 8 ulnarum alcimdine, craffi- tie vero diamecri 4 Ceu f pollicum. Mirum vero di8:u, Moros albas prrecedente anno magnam co-

·piam baccarurn fen ferninum edidi(fe, ( e J qure anno currente fata, copiofe progerminarunt; quod

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c'<pcrimentum ExcellcntiH. i\I..cccnas no(kr arnuc Cancellarius, Ilh:dhi(f. Lib. llaro D. M ELCm'.-R FALKENBERG prxfens in conlp;:dum dcd1c, l c•

giqlle Potentiffimo jam rc-tulic, qno (µeran.: licc- bic, Mororum cnlcuram P,1tria~, dignillimum fore Sum- ma

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argumencum ^> lit olim Gallorum Regi LUDOVICO XIV foerit. Cc.-rte fi quid lu-:ri ex Serici culmra nobis h:1uricndu111 , potiffimum id noviaimis Mori generarionibus, Cli- mati confvecis, propriisquc fcminibus progn-tus rri- buen<lum videcur.

ca) cfr. C. LINNJEI ftin. Scan. p. 193. (b) dar. d.

2 . Julii 1752. (c) dar. d 19. Ofö,b. 1-,7. (d) dar. I. Decemb. 1753. (e) Anonymus quidnm l.11t, ,;,< nn- no 1757. ltbellum, infcripr:, cirt.lld:\·u¹gin: / ,t il.: cu/tiwr les 1\tfuriers TJ/,111rs &.., d' /Ja,"" !(s I 'ers n Soye Anonyrnus hic, pJ;:- ll Ccq.1cn:ia 2tf.:rr:

Le Jhrier bl1111c prod111t da 111.tr,s b,·,mcoup J,l·u pr- titcs, 'I''" le Af11ricr 11,,;,., d',"' gout fnde €:i do11

111• tre, ']t1' ,11 11e 111,t1H!e j>flirJf ord1•·.1ira11ent. Oil nJpd-

!.· ret te efpere ,11 CR I lR -Bl. l.\'C, f"rre 1 ,e , 111- 1,1111u,11.:1if l,·r m;rru tll /nvt I !,mrs 011 g, i a, E:,.., j,l11r r,1r,·11uJJt 11ufru. H.is b1cce.n•rn Vnrier:.tcs c1: ^f'!"110s anno pr:tccrlenri hnud par a rc pia comprchr.:ndimus,

& majur fere nigrarnm qunrn alb:canttum, qu1h1s

nova :irc,mr al bida r n 'ris infurer rubris frA, fis. ca- rlcmque cccc 1s n ;,; r, !1 ;1i~1 1t1e tmgi~. !\.1ulrnu.-io

quoque b,1crnrum fpontc ek ci nrillm, piirrrm I tic- rornm .icl ca: I'" rim le ipf;s di!1 .. minonclo, in gcr1111- na mox pn fihit runr. ~ora·u ej 111 d gnum, orr.1 es h11;

baccarum varicrarcs p1 inrnm :ilbid~s fuir?e, & qure nigncanccs, & quz 1utd,cnrcs con{pic,c.bJntur.

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MOR 1 in gc11ere

tl11J N j,z11e Aib(e ill /f ecje (aj.

Moms eft plantrc Genus, cui

.11.ijcu/, jl,1 es in amenta digefl:i.

CAL. l'eri1111:bium quadriparcicum: folio/is ovat:is , concavis.

COR. nulla.

STAM. Fi!t1mmtn quatuor, fubulata, erefra, ca- lyce longiora, intra fingulurn folium calycinum fingula. Antberce fim plices.

Fem111ei jltJres congefli vel in eadem vel diverfa planta a ma(culis.

CAL. Pr,-ion1h111m tetraphyllum: folio/is fubrotun- dis, obmfis, perGfl:entibus, oppofitis duobus excerioribus incumbentibus.

COR. nulla.

PIST. G,:rmen cordamm. Sty!i duo, fubulati, lon- gi, reflexi, fcabri. Stii;m,do fim plicia.

PER nullurn. c,,/yx maximas, carno{us, fuccu- Ienrns factus B,1ccn.

SEM. unicum ·, ovatum, acutum.

Generi huic varias 111. v. L[t\TNe fubjungit fpe- cies. Sunt vero : MO N(/S Alba, 1:1grn, p11/JJ• , ifern, 1·11brn, illrltca, tntriricn, · ti11Elorin. Ex hi(ce fpeciebus, foln Moms alba nofl:ram fibi in pra:{en- ti vindica~ attentionem. Unicuique ex De!cripti~- ne Genenca pncer, Illam ad Clafiem Mo,:<ui~ Ord1-

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11emque Tttrnrulri<I! pertinere. Morus vero nofira ,

licec Claffis Monceci~, non nunquam florcs pro-

duxic mere ma(culos, icerum vero fccmineos can- tum, quandoque utrosque jnncl:im, ncmpe herma- phrodicos, in Claffcm Polygami::c vcluc cranficura.

Hane Mori alba: cmn genuina firn Cla(fo disconvc- nienciam, non lolum Ccleb D. PR/ESK~ nor:n·ic;

verum etjam Hiflor. Natur. noO:cr Docens i\Jeritis•

fimus, Pr~clariff. D. Magifter E. JÖRLIN, fo illam obfervafJe, benigne mihi commemoravit. MORI

A/btR folia quam Mor i n/f5rt:e minora, cenera, 11irida, finna ca. (b) Differt quogue a Moro 11ir;r11 rnmnlis Jongioribus, virgatis, Caule lreviori, fublucido. Ra- dix profunda, defcendens quinqu~pedalis, !mera les plurim.l!, fibrofre, ful va::. Lignum du rum frngile, lutei coloris, tornatoribus ucile. Bacca! Mori alb::e quam mgr,r minores, infipida::, diverfi coloris. Fo- lia Mori al bre pecoribns fåpida, e quib□s pingve ..

fcere perhibcntur. Tradunc ccjam nrbores adulcio•

res 18 aimornm a:tate1 1rnigis magisque Bombycibus arridere, pra:flancius indc fericum conficiemibL1s.

(a) Dekriptio ha:c Gcnerica, qunm meam teci, debetnr 111. v. L NNe Gener. Plantar. p. 487. lnjurius fo.

rem m Nob. Archiarrum v. LINNe fi hancce defcri- prionem, m~taco ~ci borum appsratu, tamqunm vere mcam heic mferutl1cm. lllam vero emendare, quis potent! (b ln Gallia 3 ejusdem numcrantur varieta- tei Le Murier Sauvageon, Le Murier franc ou greffe, 8c Le Murier rl' cf pagne. Oprimum ,;ero Le Murier fauv.1geon dar !ericurn, qua de re Ano-

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nymus quidnm it:l: La Soyc qu'on tircroit des mu- ricrs blanc, -fanv1 geons, feroit cres -bellc; mn is- tes feuilles e11

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^fi ^pcrices,^{i^minus^, ^ft^peu^nournfan-

rcs, qu· une cres granclc planrauon de ccrre e(pece ne clonncrnic qu· une trcs -n,l:diocre quanticc de {oyc.

§. VI.

C ultur a nc Ufus ll1ori nl!1te.

J\forus alba, Tiombycum primaria efca, ( cum qua folia Ref.i!, L.,tl11ct2, Se1w in11iS, S,,mhuri auc

S'.JmU &c. neutiquam comparanda, fecundum ex- pcrimcnta 10 annornm a Cclebcrr. D. PR1ESIDE in(titutn, & fominihus & furculis difforitur: furculis uempe re(cfös, parum incifis atquc in terra primo vere difpoficis, radiccs facile fubinde :1gentihus.

Hi tamcn furcnh ,"'pon aliquot annos paffim tabl.!

confumci ft.ere. Semir.um itague futio ccrtior e\'a- fit. Hxc autem e baccis mamris ifro colligas modo: nempe ineunce M. Augufto, quatiuncur arbo•

res doncc bacc~ dec-aanc, quz in vafe repofitre , admixcn gelida :iqua , circumaguntur manibusque teruncur, iterumque mutata aqua idcm peragimr, usque quo pura fuperfinc femina, fundum fpontc pw:mia, gure, rejecl:a aqua, foli cxponunmr brevi ftc ·anda. Seruntur vero hrec femin::i verno tcmpore ad finem 1\1. Aprilis ve) initio M::iij fub Dia, in terra bcne fubacla, folnta, arcnofå, vel admixtn humo, & quidem in fulcis exaracis duorum poHicom altimdine bumanmr, relicl:a intra fulcos pedis lati•

tudine; rigamur dcinde fecundo :iut cerrio quovis

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aut H plerumque progerminanc, frequcnciq 1c p_;r a!ltacem rigacionc,

& hcrbarum fcrnrum erariu.:acione icerata, eodcm 10- co bien nio relin¹1uunrnr p!J.1t,'C tenclla:. (Il) U, 1c avtcin in (~mi11Jria tran:,₁il.mtamur, pedis fpncio in- cer1ac.:·1tl!. ra Ji .. 1 > ^JSra.nubsque paulo rd\!.:.l:i-;, itc- rumquc ri1!<1mt1r, ibique per criennium ve! (upr:.

fuccrdcanc in arbores majores, minores, arbuO:aque.

Dcindc in majlllculc'l difponnntm· reminaria, fpatio ^'!

ulnarum incerjacente, d nec pofl: aliquoc an nos m quincunces ( q11mro11re) tandem, 8 vel I o ulnarum incervallo difl:ances transfcrantur, in aprica loca ; umbrofa cnim lubcm," , generation i apca, ipfis arboribus noxia funt. Plancaca: denique, ulcimo hoc durance demigracionis anno, fedulo rigencur. Re- liqua arborum cf~ cura, ut quocannis putenmr, ra- muliqne gelu (phacelaci relecencur; majores ~ucem rami in arbore adulca, non nifi cauciori modo am- putencu:-, ve! potius incacH relinquancur; incauce enim iis rcfefös, fokus frepius pucrefcens arborem abfumit. Frigus vernale MORO nofl:ra::, ad tinem m. Maij virifcenti, imprimis nocec; quod idem fa:- pe in ipfa Gallia Moru concingic, paricer ac nollris arboribus ind:gcnis, A/110 prre(crcim ac Fn:ro. In- gravefceme vernafis tco1poris noB:urno frigore an.

no 1 763 , tcoella Mori foliola gelu confl:ringcban- tur, qu::e digitos intcr trirn, in pulverem abit.rum, renafcentibus iterum horum loco foliolis novis.

Plurium icaque annorum cxperiencia cdoccmur:

1:0 Mod albre culturam feminibus tutius propaga- tam,

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tione, plancacione, cautnque refo8:ione frnticum, fi

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bores evadant, nec gelu contabe(cant; ^;io ~-forum alb;m ⁱⁿpingni åtque f ubaB:a tetra, humo potis- limum arena commixto, pla11tandäm; ~:o fre.

qnenter rigMi ptuarique debe1·e; 4:ö Scpibos den, {is arque :irboribus exce!Gs, contra procellas muni•

ri; s:o aprico nec umbrofo confct'i loco, nec ma- joribus f uffocari arboribus; 6io (urculos luxuriantes pnricer ac hyeme tnbefcentes quotannis refecari ; quibus circum{l:antiis rice ob(ervacis, haud abfimi!e virlebimr, quin has arbores, Ilombycum ferici- qne 11t1trices, apnrl nos vi~eatlt. ~ecelTarium qu~que crit, qnod fi,pra monumrns, 111 mororum JUfl:a eulrnra, ut mm in majores arbores, qu:1m frmi- ces, f~pibus infervimras aptentur, qna·rmn b~.e a- pciores foliorum carP,rnrre, aniculis puerisqnc pe'.··

9gendre, priusque et;am vernamibus foliolis vire- fouot; majorLtln ~utem arborum folia, pluvia ca- clente, cicim; ve11tis ficcantur, qure uda Ilomb_vcibus, cumores genernndo incernecivos, n6cent.

Ceterum , fi magna ivIORI alba! cultura infii- ruenda föret, lucus , fitus , fol umque accura- te exquirendum; fciendum quoque eCfet, qua ratione vel commodo perfeveret in Boruffia Mori fatio.

Interim vero, a Ce!cberr. D. PRJESIDE, fumma cum cura acque diligentia in Jies annosque infrim-

rn experimen::a, tum in Moris plantandis cum Bombycibns alendis procurandisqne, oblivioni ccrte 1wn cradenda, fed digna omnmo funr, qu~ fpecia-

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liori moclo atque prolixiori , quarn q¹1idem in hocce juvenili opufculo, exponancur, quo utilitas ex.

Mori albx Bombycumque culcura haurienda pariter • ac Nob. atque Cel. D. PRJE,IDIS nunquam inter•

morimra laus, eo melius con!tet atque corrufcet.

Ego vero ha:c omnia, ratione habita cenerrimarum virium mcarum,

PntttreQ, n/iisquc po/1 me rmmorn11da reli11ql/(,.

(a) Conf. AB-. Reg. A,acl. Scient. Holm. de Ob(crva- tion1bus Nob. D. PRJESIOlS circa Mori fationc'TI,

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Dat.

Natura. Ingenium.

Ingenii. Cultura.

Erudicionem.

fingum. • Mores. Fortunam.

Concilian t.

Merita. Famam.

Tot. Inftrucl:us. Ornamentis.

R.oftra. Academica.

Confcendit.

l Ox./4JYJY&rd'. 3C8JYiR. 8JY98E$,JIJA,(T.

Ingenuus. Do8:us. Svavis. Clarus.

De. Mu(is. Nofl:ris.

De. bmrea.

Philofophica. Medica.

Jamjain. M~ricus.

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