Handbook of Sericulture

A MANUAL of sericulture was published by the author in the Bengali language in 1894 for the use of the silkworm-rearing peasantry of Bengal. [...] With the approval of the Director of the :Depart meat of Land Records and Agriculture the Appendi to the Bengali version which deals with certain agri cultural matters is omitted in the present Handbook as having little connection with the main subject. [...] The indigenous varieties of M. Alba differ in size shape and texture of leaf also in quantity size and colour of the fruit and in the height to which the trees attain. [...] If the cuttings are planted in January or February the first digging of the earth can be done in November and the cultivation in December and January. [...] The seed of the Morns Serrata can he obtained from the Scotch missionaries of Kalimpong near Darjeeling in the month of April when the fruit ripens.