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nursery, upon the young mulberry trees of Khwg, (dwarf 

 mulberry trees,) planted the preceding year; their stocks 

 must be cut obliquely, like the ear of a horse, two inches 

 from the ground. Afterwards, a graft of the same size is 

 taken from a mulberry tree of Lou, (a mulberry of the 

 large kind,) cut it of a corresponding shape, (t?n oreille de 

 cheval) and fit it to the stock, and bind them firmly together 

 with soft fresh bark of the mulberry. The graft must be 

 covered with cow dung mixed with clayey earth, and the 

 grafted stock surrounded with damp ealth. When the buds 

 of the graft have pushed through the earth, one or two can 

 be left, and the others cut. In the Autumn they wijl have 

 attained the height of a tall man. The following year, 

 they must be transplanted to the plantation to cultivate 

 them there. The rules given above must be conformed 

 with. The graft must be absolutely of the same size with 

 the stock upon which it is engrafted. The bark and liber 

 must coincide exactly. (It is the most important point.) 



In the work entitled Wou-pen-sin-chou, we read the fol- 

 lowing: 



The fruit of all mulberry trees improve by grafting. 

 Whenever the branches are to be grafted, the finest ought to 

 be chosen. It is better to make use of old branches, turned 

 towards the sun, (the south.) They are stronger and more 

 flourishing. The young branches exposed to the north are 

 weaker, and succeed with difficulty. The root and the 

 trunk each follow their species unchanged, though the 

 dwarf mulberry tree of Khing may be grafted upon the 

 large mulberry tree of Lou; the mei (plum tree) upon the 

 almond tree, and the peach on the pear tree. 



There are five modes of grafting: 1st, grafting on the 

 body of the tree, (cleft grafting;) 2d, grafting the roots; 

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