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fliould now and tlicn look whether they 

 had got at them. 



CHAP. VII. 



I'he fecorid method of ralftng Mulberry-trees^ 

 from cuttings. 



THE next moft eafy and quick method 

 of raifmg mulberry-trees is from cut- 

 tings ; and in this method though you can- 

 not fo readily raife the fame numbers as 

 from feed, yet you have an advantage in 

 the quicknefs and ftrength of their grow^th. 

 The mulberry is eafier propagated from 

 cuttings in moift and temperate climates, 

 . than in thofe which are extreme hot and 

 dry ; for the branches which are feparated 

 from the mother tree, having no roots to 

 fubfift themfelves, require to be plentifully 

 fupplied with moifture, in order to keep 

 them alive till the roots are formed, and 

 where the climate denies this, the defect 

 mud be made up with watering. 



The cuttings which are to be propagated 



fliould not be fmall fmgle tvv^igs, but pretty 



large branches, of at leaft three inches round 



in the thickeft part, with all the fmaller 



D 3 branches 



