38 CULTIVATION OF THE MULBERRY. 



changed to dwarf trees. The trees of Khing can be 

 planted and raised in a garden. : >[- 



To succeed in the cultivation of dwarf mulberry trees, 

 they must be restrained in their growth by the prescribed 

 rules, and care taken that they do not wither. 



Those persons who have not large mulberry trees, con- 

 tent themselves with the dwarf. This kind of tree requires 

 but half the labor. Some persons have both the large and 

 dwarf mulberry trees. When the first are in full bearing 

 the others are abandoned. 



The dwarf mulberry trees must be watered three times 

 a day, in order that they may grow rapidly. When the silk 

 worms have recovered from their great torpidity, (the third 

 moulting,) the mulberry trees sometimes cannot reproduce 

 leaves, recourse must then be had to the dwarfs. In this 

 manner the latter silk worms arrive at maturity without 

 ever wanting leaves. [Sse-nong-pi-yong.'] 



METHOD OF TRANSPLANTING THE DWARF MULBERRY TREES. 



In a garden surrounded by walls, a piece of ground is 

 chosen, well cultivated with the plough and spade, and 

 in a square of ground, of five feet, a ditch must be dug on 

 each side, two feet in breadth and two in depth. 



In one acre of ground two hundred and fifty cuttings 

 may be planted. In the bottom of the ditch, three ching, 

 (three-tenths of a bushel) of well-rotted manure must be 

 spread. Fresh manure will not answer. In a good soil only 

 a small quantity is required ; an equal quantity of earth must 

 be mixed with it, then a bucket of water poured in, in order 

 to make a soft compost. A plant of the mulberry tree of 

 Lou must be chosen, that has grown from seed, in the 



