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  • Corn, vineyards, olives, and groves of mulberry-trees adorned the hills.

    A Sicilian Romance 2004

  • By the middle of June all the mulberry-trees are stripped; but new leaves succeed, and in a few weeks, they are cloathed again with fresh verdure.

    Travels through France and Italy 2004

  • God was gone over the mulberry-trees, 2 Sam.v. 24.

    The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

  • One of his clan, Sun-yi, served his whole life as a soldier, and distinguished himself so much, that he was appointed warden of the southern part of K uei-chi, but, when one year a disturbance broke out, which disorganised the State, he continued to reside there, and became a farmer and cultivator of mulberry-trees.

    Lunheng 1962

  • The dry moat, both wide and deep, is spanned by wooden bridges, after crossing which one has the choice of a dozen highways, all scantily shaded with rows of ragged mulberry-trees, glaring white in the sun and deep in impalpable dry dust.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 Various

  • On one hand the evergreen pines appear, and engross almost the whole higher lands of the country; on the other the branching oaks and stately hickories stand covered with mossy robes: now he passes a grove covered with cypress; then the laurels, the bays, the palmetoes, the beech or mulberry-trees surround him, all growing as the hand of nature hath wildly scattered them.

    An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1 Alexander Hewatt

  • Lord Kingston has upwards of 30,000 mulberry-trees growing upon one estate in Ireland, and has already sent raw silk into the market.

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 280, October 27, 1827 Various

  • The heat of the weather at this comparatively early season of the year, induced us to congratulate ourselves that we had not chosen a month, or even a fortnight later, for our excursion, particularly as the mulberry-trees, which in this thrifty country form almost the only shade, were beginning to lose their covering of leaves.

    Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 John Hughes

  • The meadows in which it stands are planted with mulberry-trees.

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 570, October 13, 1832 Various

  • A highly interesting corner of the garden was that given over to the group of mulberry-trees, which had been imported from England by Thomas Hancock, the uncle of John, he being, with others of his time, immensely interested in the culture of the silkworm.

    The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees Mary Caroline Crawford

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