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I omitted giving hints of fuch improve- 

 ments as, though I have not had time and 

 opportunity to try them all, yet feem to 

 me reafonable, and will perhaps upon ex- 

 periment be found ufeful. 



CHAP. III. 



^he manner of favi?ig the feed of the mul- 

 berry for raifmg plantations » 



THERE are three principal methods 

 of raifmg mulberry trees. Firfb by 

 fowing the feed of the berry. Secondly by 

 layers depending upon the mother tree, 

 till they have taken root. Thirdly by bran- 

 ches quite feparated from the mother tree, 

 and therefore call'd cuttings. I fnall be- 

 gin with the method of raifmg them from 

 feed, as it is both the furefl: and moH ef-s 

 fe6lual way to produce great numbers j 

 and numbers of fmall trees will anfwer 

 the end of large ones. 



The mulberries whofe feed you intend to 



fave fliould be perfe6lly ripe, this you may 



]inow by their beginning to fall from the 



trees, by their foftnefs, and if you exa- 



C 2 mine 



