THE MULBERRY. 



plants should be watered every day ; but it should al- 

 ways be done before sunrise, or after sunset. They 

 should also be carefully hoed, and all weeds destroy- 

 ed. 



TRANSPLANTING. 



When the trees in the nursery have grown too thick 

 to thrive, they should be transplanted to a lot of 

 ground where it is intended they shall remain. It is 

 unnecessary to describe particularly the mode of 

 transplanting, as the Mulberry is taken up and set in- 

 to the earth again, precisely in the manner of other 

 trees. Some recommend shortening the tap root; 

 but I do not believe in the doctrine, for if any part of 

 the root is cut away, part of the stalk or branches 

 should be cut away also. If they are transplanted 

 through necessity in midsummer, all the leaves should 

 be stripped off; they should be removed in a wet 

 season, and shaded when clear, from the sun's rays, 

 until the roots take hold, and new leaves put forth. 



The trees may be transplanted when one or two 

 years old, and, if intended for standard trees, they 

 should be placed about eight feet asunder, one from 

 another. There will then be left sufficient room for 

 the admission of the plough, and for cultivating the 

 ground in potatoes. Mr. Cobb recommends planting 

 them at the distance that apple trees are planted from 

 one another. 



The young trees should be cultivated with great 



