32 CULTIVATION OF THE MULBERRY. 



are chosen, from which the trees called ti~sang, or dwarf 

 mulberry trees, are formed. [Nong-tching-tsioucn-chou.'] 



In the work, entitled Tchong~hoa-min,h is read : There 

 are two kinds of mulberry trees : one bears the fruit of 

 which we sow the seed : it sprouts out in the first or second 

 month, (February or March.) 



The following is the manner the other kind is multiplied : 

 A pliant branch is bent to the ground, and maintained 

 in that position by a clod of clay. Each bud produces a 

 branch. When this mulberry tree has attained the height 

 of two or three feet, its roots are then formed. The mother 

 branch to which it belongs is then cut, and it is transplanted 

 in another place. Jt soon becomes a tree. [Same work.] 



In the memoirs of Hoang-sing-tseng, entitled, General 

 Considerations upon the Cultivation of Mulberry Trees, we 

 read : 



There are some mulberry trees called ti-sang, (dwarf 

 trees,) they come from Nan-tsin. There are some mul- 

 berry trees called thiao-sang, or trees formed from lay- 

 ers ; they are brought from the neighbouring plains of 

 Hang-tcheou-fou, in the province of Tche-kiang. They 

 are sold the ten first days of the first month of the year, 

 (February.) 



The market is situated at Pe-sin, near the bridge called 

 Kiang-tchang-kiao. The merchants come at the rising of 

 the sun, and spread out their plants of mulberry trees to the 

 right and left of the bridge. At 12 o'clock they retire. 



