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roots lie near the furface, being fo plac'd 

 in order that they might the eafier pufli 

 forth plants above ground* 



Mulberry trees may be inoculated, the 

 white on the black fort, and the black on 

 the white j the latter method is dire6led in 

 order to have a llraight free growing ftem 

 to your fruit trees j but thefe being only 

 niceties of culture, and not ferving to pro- 

 pagate the tree, I forbear dwelling on them, 

 as alfo on what is delivered by fome au- 

 thors, concerning the grafting or inocu- 

 lating of the mulberry trees of a different 

 fpecies ; the fuccefs of which I very much 

 doubt, having tried it on fome and failed 

 in the attempt. 



CHAP. IX. 



Of the planting out of the young Mulberry^-trees* 



MULBERRY trees raifed from feed, 

 or from parts of the roots layed in 

 the ground, may be tranfplanted the fecond 

 autumn after; or you may take up only the 

 mofi: thriving plants out of the feed beds, 

 in order to thin them, and kt the remain- 

 E der 



