TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Preface to the American Edition 5 



Preface to the French Edition 11 



Introduction to the French Edition 13 



Advertisement of the French Translator 17 



Note upon the Temperature of China 23 



CULTIVATION OF MULBERRY TREES 27 



General remarks 27 



Different species of the mulberry 28 



Manner of obtaining the best seed in order to reproduce the mulberry 31 



Observations relative to the choice of mulberry plants 33 



On sowing the seed of the mulberry 33 



Method of transplanting dwarf mulberry trees 38 



The favorable season for planting 41 



Manner of raising mulberry trees 42 



Of planting branches 44 



Of pruning large mulberry trees 46 



Method for sowing the seed of the mulberry 49 



For planting dwarf mulberry trees 51 



For planting mulberry trees in Autumn 54 



For obtaining layers 56 



For transplanting mulberry trees that are obtained from layers.... 56 



Planting mulberry branches upon beds of earth 58 



SUPPLEMENT to the cultivation of mulberry trees 67 



Grafting of mulberry trees 67 



Cleft grafting 69 



Budding or inoculation 71 



Manner of grafting small stocks .. 72 



THE RAISING OF SILK WORMS 77 



Preliminary observations..... ; 77 



Testimony from Chinese authors 77 



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