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to plant other hedges, leaving only fnch 

 behind as ihoot in a line from the princi- 

 pal branch, and in quantity as you fliall 

 judge fufficient to form your firil planted 

 hedge ; thole that you cut oif you may 

 feparate and divide into diftincl plants, 

 according as their roots will aniwer fuch 

 leparation. 



As the hedges grow up they may be 

 train'd and kept to a flat form by fticks 

 woven acrofs the branches, until fuch time 

 as you begin to pull the leaves for the ufe 

 of filkworms ; and then, by llripping tlie 

 leaves of thofe branches which llioot right 

 forward, and afterwards clipping them off, 

 you will always preferve them in this form -, 

 you may alfo, by laying down the fackers 

 and lower branches, be frequently fup-^lied 

 with young trees for new p'iantaticns : 

 this method therefore of rafmg mulberry 

 trees I take to be as advantageous, and ciif- 

 patchful as any that can be puriiied j tor 

 branches quite feparated from the mother 

 tree will, as I fuppofe, fooner furniih them- 

 felves with roots than layers can do, which, 

 by being attached to and depending on 

 the mother tree, are not under fuch a ne- 

 cefTity of putting forth routs to feed them- 



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