OF SILK. ii 



fore to lay afide their prefent praclice, and 

 fet out upon a new method, is the only 

 thing that can make the feeding of filk- 

 wornis in ILngland an eafy amufement. 

 The intention of this treatife is not only to 

 prefer ibe the prefent practice in the filk- 

 countries, but to point out feme things, 

 and give fome hints, for its improvement, 

 eipecialiy at a time when there is a fair 

 proipccl of introducing the culture of filk 

 into our American colonies. 



CHAP. II, 



Of the different kinds of Mulberry-trees, 



t I ' HE mulberry-tree is the foundation 

 X of the filk manufa61ure, its leaves 

 being the food fo peculiarly adapted to the 

 worm which affords us their rich materials, 

 that no other can be fubflituted for it with 

 any advantage. 



There are two forts of mulberry-trees, 

 one call'd the black, and the other the 

 white. The black is that which is com- 

 jTionly planted in gardens for the fake of 



its 



