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ought to be left, at the distance of about five inches, and 

 cut off all the others ; their leaves will nourish the young 

 silk worms. 



In the fourth or fifth month, (May or June,) when the 

 weather is mild, about mid-day, the two sides of the hori- 

 zontal branch must be surrounded with rotten pond earth ; 

 a small hill above the branch must be formed Then the 

 horizontal branch becomes a torpid root. In the evening 

 it must be watered. (During the night the torpid root 

 shoots out fibres.) 



In Autumn each sucker forms a stalk of the mulberry 

 tree. In the tenth month, (November,) and sometimes be- 

 fore, or after the beginning of the next year, the torpid roots 

 are cut at the two ends, and taken out of the ground ; pieces 

 about the length of a cane, must be cut, and thrust in the 

 vertical holes made for that purpose. Each root produces 

 a plant of the mulberry tree. 



By this method an infinite number of plants may be pro- 

 cured. 



MANNER OF PLANTING BRANCHES. 



In a garden surrounded by walls, holes must be dug the 

 same as for the dwarf mulberry. When it is perceived 

 that black eyes commence to push upon the branches of the 

 mulberry trees of Low, with large leaves, a long branch of 

 more than a foot in length must be cut, the two ends must 

 be cut off, and the place of the incision burnt. 



Plant in each hole, two or three of these branches, in- 

 clining them a little. When the buds come out, the stalks 

 must be surrounded by a hill of light earth, from three to 

 five inches high ; to each stalk only a single branch must 

 be left. In the Autumn it will be several feet high. The 



