CULTIVATION OF THE MULBERRY. 43 



rafters, which are called tchouen. In the tenth month, 

 (November,) or in the Spring of the following year, the 

 mulberry trees may be transplanted, and arranged in the 

 nursery. 



If this method be not followed, and the mulberry trees 

 are raised in a garden, there is a great deal of danger in 

 transplanting the young trees, to range them in the nursery, 

 for the wind and rain never fail to kill a great number of 

 them. 



The wild mulberry trees of the country of Khing, of 

 which the stalk is not strong, can be transplanted with 

 their roots, in an enclosure where they will be cultivated 

 like those we have just spoken of. 



They are to be cultivated according to the method pre- 

 scribed for the dwarf mulberry trees. When they fyave 

 pushed forth, the most vigorous branch must be left, and 

 the others pruned away. They will grow to the height of 

 a tall man. To raise plants of this species, the rules men- 

 tioned above must be followed. 



When the fruitful influence of the Spring begins to be felt, 

 a lateral branch of the dwarf mulberry tree must be taken, 

 and cut from three to five inches from the extremity, and it 

 must be bent down in a furrow made at the foot of the tree. 



Many persons make use of the plants of mulberry trees, 

 others bend down some branches in the ground ; that de- 

 pends on the cultivator. 



The furrow where the branch is bent down ought to be 

 five inches in depth. The branch must be fixed in that po- 

 sition by a hooked stake. Two are required if the branch 

 be short, and three if it be long. 



After that operation, the branches proceeding from the 

 buds shoot upwards ; they then have the form of the teeth 

 of a rake. Upon the horizontal branches only one bud 



