O F S I L K. 25 



CHAP. I\^. 



The foil proper for the raifmg and plantation 

 of Mulberry 'trees, 



TH E ground for raifmg mulberry 

 trees either from feed, layers, cut- 

 tings, &c. fhou'd be a rich loofe mould in- 

 clining to fandy, that the tender new form- 

 ed roots may be the better enabled to ex- 

 tend in it. A fmall depth of foil will be fuf- 

 cient for thefe, efpecially thofe raifed from 

 feed 5 but it ought rather to have gravel 

 under it than any fort of iliff clay, which 

 might hold the wet and chill the young 

 plants. In temperate climates the border 

 under a fouth wall, lay'd fo as to flope a 

 little toward the fun, will make a very 

 good feed bed. 



Though a fmall depth of foil is fuf- 

 ficient for raifmg trees which are to betranf- 

 planted, yet when they are rais'd where they 

 are to ftand (as will be fliewn in the rait- 

 ing mulberry hedges) or when they are 

 tranfplanted where they are to remain, a 

 deep foil is beflj becaufe mulberiy trees 

 6 fhoot 



