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fhoot downward with very long tap-roots. 

 It is true indeed, that when they have 

 taken with the ground, they will live, and 

 throw out abundance of leaves, even in a 

 bad foil J but then thefe leaves are not fo 

 good to nourifli filkworms, and efpecially, 

 w^hen the trees are planted in low watery 

 grounds, they afford but bad leaves, though 

 they may have a greater quantity j for, as 

 they abound too much with moifture, 

 their leaves approach to the nature of thofe 

 which grov/ on the flickers of the muK 

 berry tree, and endanger the buiting of the 

 worms which feed on them, efpecially if 

 they had been ufed to better leaves before. 

 Choofe therefoi'e a rich mould inclining 

 to fandy, loofe, and as deep as you can, 

 where your mulberry trees are to remain. 

 If the ground is not rich enough you mud 

 help it by digging about the roots, and 

 laying in the mould of old hot beds 

 or other good old manure 3 and if it is too 

 wet, you may eafe it of the moifture by 

 drains. Ground Hoping to the fouth is 

 the beft afpecl for a plantation, and it will 

 be the better if defended by a wood or 

 grove, on that fide from which nipping 

 winds might hurt the young buds in fpring. 



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