i6o THE CULTURE 



I have given from Ifnard a French author 

 wh3 treats the management of filkvi^orms. 



If the making of fuch arbours as thofe 

 I have mentioned be thought too nice, and 

 troublefome, it may fufficiently anfwer the 

 fame purpofe, to place branches of broom 

 round the fides of the ftands. And to do 

 this s firfl furround the fband with a cord 

 tied very loofely to the uprights, fo as to 

 leave room to thrull in a fufficient quan- 

 tity of branches ; the branches now may 

 be as long as the height of the ilands, and 

 their thick ends, being thruft down be- 

 tween the cords and the ftands, may reft 

 ■Hpon the floor j and thus you may thicken 

 them to what degree you pleale j but you 

 muft remember to keep an open on one 

 fide of the fcands, to feed thofe worms 

 which fliall not yet have chmb'd the bran- 

 ches ; and becaufe the lower ends of the 

 branches are not fo bufhy as the upper 

 ends, you may place fome with the bufhy 

 part up, and others dov/n, to make it all 

 ahke branchy. 



If the branches are not tall enough to 

 reach as high as you have worms on the 

 ftands, you muft place other branches ren- 

 ting on thefe where they ^11^^ and fupport- 



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