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CHAP. VI. 



^he firjl method of raifing Mulherry-trees 

 from the feed, 



FOR ralfing mulberry-trees from the 

 feed, you fhould choofe fome part of 

 an inclofed garden, which has a good ex- 

 pofure to the fun, and is defended from 

 the north wind j the earth fhould be well 

 ftirred, and enriched with fome very old 

 dung, and ought naturally to be a good 

 fine mould \ then lay out the ground in 

 beds, a little raifed above the furface of 

 the earth, of what length you think pro- 

 per, but not above four feet broad, that 

 they may be conveniently weeded. 



The beft time for fowing the feed is in 

 February y March^ or April-, the fooner it 

 is done in fpring, when frofts of any con- 

 tinuance are no longer to be fear'd, it will 

 be fo much tlie better, as the plants, by 

 coming up early, will have time to get 

 ftrength, and be the better able to bear 

 the enfuing v/inter. As the plants require, 

 according to the difference of cUmates, fix 

 or eight weeks after the feed is fown before 



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