Hummel, J. J. (John James), -1902 · London [etc.] New York, Cassell & Company, Limited · leaf 63
ent properties of the soluble portion of the yolk are utilised. CHAPTER IV. SILK. 38. Origin and Culture of Silk. — Silk differs entirely both from the vegetable fibres and from wool by beiug devoid of cellular structure. It consists of the pale yellow, buff-coloured, or white fibre, which the… … Bomhyx mori (Fig. I’ig. ll.—Silk Moth (Bomtya; mori). 11), which has be- come the subject of special culture. The chief seats of the silkworm culture are Southern Europe (including the South of France, Italy and Turkey), China and India. The eggs of the European silk moth are about the size and…
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