200 Mr. Dclaoigarre- en Silk Worms. 



of March or in the beginning of April, as foon as the froft is 

 out of the ground, give a light hoeing to the bottom of your 

 trench. The longeft roots of your plants being cut off near 

 the hairy fibres, they muft be planted about eighteen inches 

 deep, at the diflance of three or four inches from each other ; 

 after the trench is filled up, every fhoot muR be cut at the 

 height of two or three inches above the ground ; whether the 

 plant is big or not, is no matter, provided it is at leaft one 

 year old ; obferve only to give the preference to the white 

 mulberry as the food of filk worms. 



The fecond year it is neceifary to cut again the flioots about 

 fix inches above the ground, in order to give more flrength 

 to the fprouting branches, which will form a pretty ftrong 

 hedge the third year, and at laft grow fo thick as to be 

 impaifable for any cattle : it may be twifled and intervv'oven 

 a great deal eafier than the hawthorn. If you chufe to make 

 a ftronger hedge, you may plant it in a double row. 



Since this communication was written, we are happy in 

 informing our readers, that lafl March, after the planting a 

 mulberry hedge according to the above directions, we ftuck 

 along fide of it fome remaining flips of our plants to form a 

 double row : and though thefe flips had been thrown away 

 and laid out of the ground for ten days before we thought of 

 making that trial, we perceived with a pleafing furprife, that 

 the greateft part were putting forth leaves, and are now 

 adually grovving as well as the rooted plants themfelves. 



