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Show 1 three speci asaba (literally: paper mulberry with asa leaves), kanam (lterally: m\pnr[am paper trec), and makgji (literally: true paper trec) e divided into three sub-species according to th yellowish, greenish, and reddish. These species ar found in the warmer regions of Kachi and southern Japan. The kanam may be divided into two sort - those with blackish bark and those wit bark of a purple tone. The kaname species grows in the dcep valleys an sheltered places where thesun does not penetrate so abundantly. The makaj paictyomlhery i extremely haldy and o toa cuusxdcmblc height pape mulberry of Japa male and female flower produtud on separate trees. Th congregated into head about the size of marbles, with three or four tubular-toothed calyxes, single style produced from the side of the ovary, and a tapering stigma while the male flowers are cylindrical drooping aments or catkins, eac flower growing from the base of a small bract, and having four-parte calyxes and four stamens. The trees must be at least three years old befor they bear the dark red pulpy fruits which resemble the commo mulberr in shape and have the same over-sweet flavour rom a review of statistics it is apparent that the cultivation of th paper mulberry is decreasing in Japan, for in the year 1919 a little ove seven million an were produced, while in 1923 there was less than fiv million kan used in the making of paper. (A kan is equal to 8.23 pounds. At the present time the greater part of the paper mulberry grown in Japa is found in the Prefectures of Shimane, Yamaguchi, Tottori, Okayama, an Kachi, Ehime, and Tokushima in the island of Shikoku. In the springtime in driving from the town of Kachi in the south of the island of Shikoku t awanoye on the north coast, the traveller may sec many paper mulberry trees growing along the roadside, as well as clumps of mitsumata on th slopes of the mountains, the soft yellow of the mitsumata flowers castin a waving golden glow over the landscape Digitalimage© 2004 Marriott Library, Universiy of Utah. All ights reserved |
