58 THE CULTURE 



may be made ufe of for a mulbeny plan- 

 tation, if it is in other refpe6i:s convenient, 

 for fuch fhelters fhould not be too near 

 the mul berry rtrees. Fir or other large 

 ever-greens would make the befl flielter 

 againil any fliarp winds, which might 

 blaft the buds of the mulberry in winter 

 and fpring. 



CHAP. XI. 



Of the culture^ pruning^ and management of 

 Mulberry-trees both jor Silkworms and 

 Fruit. 



FEW perfons beflow much trouble 

 on thofe mulberry-trees which are 

 defigned for filkworms j and yet it is cer- 

 tain, that the leaves will be more wholfome 

 and the trees thrive the better by culture. 

 In thofe countries of Europe which produce 

 filk, the leaf-gatherers do, for the mod 

 part, clamber on the trees, and, thro' 

 hafte in pulling, break the branches, and 

 other ways very much injure the trees 3 for 

 this reafon, and other advantages men-, 

 tioned in their proper places, I have all 



along 



