47 [ 175 ] 



the united parts are to be covered with a mixture of turpentine, wax, 

 and rosin, spread on thin leather.* Every boy is acquainted with 

 the mode oi" procuring a pipe to make a whistle I'rom a willow, by cut- 

 ting ofFa branch, and gently beating the bark, until it loosens from the 

 wood: the niuiberry pipe is to be procured in the same manner. 



W hen it is dilHcult to find a branch, the bark of which will fit ex- 

 actly the branch which is cut in strips, the following expedient may 

 be adopted: If it be too narrow, a branch must be slit longitudinally, 

 on the side opposite to the bud, and the cylinder being taken off, is to 

 be applied to the wood; then a part of a strip is to be raiseei, that cor- 

 responds to the deficiency in the cylinder, and must be divided in its 

 whole length, of a breadth wanting in the ring, so that this division 

 fills the vacant space: Finally, raise up and surround it with the scrips, 

 as already directed. If the bark cylinder be too large, cut it to. the 

 diameter of the wood, then fit the edges as neaidy as possible, and cover 

 them with the strips.! 



The propagation by budding would seem to demand particular at- 

 tention, irom the success attending the operation by Mr. Millington, of 

 Missouri, who says: " With a view to increase my little stock of 

 white mulberry trees, I have, this past summer, (1826,) budded them 

 on our native stocks: these buds took weli; and such as I put in before 

 the middle of July, were forced out imiilediately, by cutting off the 

 stocks above the buds. Some of these buds have already (October 27,) 

 made limbs more than two feet long. The buds I have put in since 

 the middle of July, I shall not attempt to force out until next sprinp-. 

 I consider this the best mode to manage the buds. Budding is more 

 expeditious and surer than e:\i>'afting; and when it fails, does not in- 

 jure the stock so much as this mode. Native stocks to engraft or bud 

 on, can be procured ivith tlie greatest ease; and the trees thus raised, 

 would not be liable to be diseased in their roots, as foreign trees^ and 

 these engrafted or budded trees would grow much faster, and furnish 

 leaves much sooner, and of a larger si/e and better qualitv. This wil), 

 not be doubted by those who have observed how much faster an en- 

 grafted tree grows, and how much larger its leaves are, than those of 

 a seedling tree." 



4. Laying. — The propagation of trees by layers is only necessary 

 for such trees as do not grow freely by cuttings, or of which seeds 

 cannot be easily procured; but as neither of these reasons applv to 

 the mulberry tree, no directions on the subject are necessary. Those 

 who wish information on it, may consult McMahon's American Gar- 

 dener's Calendar, a work which should be in the possession of every 

 country gentleman in the United Stales. 



5. Cuttings. — ^These should be taken from perpendicular shoots 



* This composition was pvefcn-ecl by an eminent fanner and horticulturist, the late 

 Joseph Cooper, of JN'ew Jersey, as it is not liable to contract and fall off by the heat 

 of sMmmci, or to be washed off by rain — accidents which often happen to the mu.sses 

 of clay put round i^'^r.if.s. 



t Memoirs of Philadelphia Society for Promoting- Agriculture, vol. 3; from " Ke- 

 ller's Cours Complet d' Agric." vol. 5, p. 324. 



