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other timber fixed in the ground with the 

 thickeft end downward, the fmaller flioots 

 of which branches being cut fhort, would 

 make fo many hooks for the mulberry- 

 branches to reft upon ; and indeed where 

 mulberry hedges grew fo thick as to hinder 

 the lateral extenfion of their branches, it 

 would be proper, from time to time, to 

 take away every fecond tree, and tranfplant 

 them fo as to form a new hedge, ftill 

 leaving fo much room between the trees, 

 both in the new and old hedge, that they 

 fliould not quite join in two or three years, 

 by which method you would not till then 

 be obliged to thin them again. 



It would be of ufe to have your mul- 

 berry plantation fheltered by fome taller 

 trees, on that fide from which fharp blafl- 

 ing winds do proceed in the fpring of the 

 year -, a. row or two of trees planted in this 

 manner would often preferve your mul- 

 berry-trees from being nipped in the bud, 

 and would always contribute toward their 

 budding more kindly, and fomewhat ear- 

 lier ; thefe trees would alfo make the better 

 fhelter if they were train'd in an hedge 

 form ; and where any grove happens to 

 be already planted, the fheltered fide of it 



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