THE MULBERRY. 131 



Cultivating the White Mulberry in hedges, has 

 been highly recommended by some ; but I am far 

 from being in favor of them, except they are intended 

 merely as a fence. The trees, or rather bushes, in 

 hedges, are generally very crowded ; and, conse- 

 quently, bear very small leaves, which are tedious to 

 gather ; and another inconvenience is, that those trees 

 are apt to become thorny. 



There are two methods of making hedges; the 

 first, by sowing the seed ; and the second, by trans- 

 planting the trees as before stated. Judge Comstock 

 thinks the hedge the best method of cultivating the 

 Mulberry. I shall quote a passage from his work on 

 the subject of transplanting. 



" To make a hedge," says the Judge, " by. trans- 

 planting from "the nursery, take plants one or two 

 years old, and set them at tfre distance of eighteen 

 inches apart, or, if it is intended to make a thickset 

 hedge, at the distance of one foot. Cut off the tops 

 at four or six inches from the ground, leaving two 

 buds opposite each other, and removing all the rest. 

 This causes the stock to have two vigorous branches 

 the first year. The next spring, cut one of these two 

 branches on the same side, &i cFoout twelve inches 

 from the ground, in such manner that each plant may 

 have a long one and a short one. Cut horizontally on 

 the same side, also, one after another, all the branches, 

 and fasten them with cords or withes, so that they 

 may form a line parallel with the earth, and leave (he 



