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though it is very full of leaves ; and the 

 tree lliould be forwarded by a wavm. fitu- 

 atioii, foas to have its leaves opened to 

 about the iize of a fixpence, before you 

 put the worms upon it. However, you 

 may have a fpare tree in a box for a re- 

 fource, in cafe you find any of the others 

 over-ftock'd with worms, and you may 

 bring the flat part of this clofe to the flat 

 fide of that on which the worms are, fo 

 as that their fmallefl branches may a little 

 mix, by which means the filkworms will 

 go from one tree to the other, and the over- 

 ftock'd tree will be eafed. That the flat 

 part of the trees may the more readily be 

 thus brought together, the boxes were di- 

 refted to be of a flattifli form. 



While thefe trees are within doors with 

 the worms on them, you mufl: take care 

 to give them air by keeping the windows 

 open when the weather is good. You 

 may prevent any moifture at the bottom 

 of the box from injuring the floor under 

 it, if it is a boarded floor^ by placing it on 

 a couple of pretty thick fcjuare polls laid 

 on their fides, which will keep the bottom 

 at a diflance from the boards, and give the 

 5iir liberty to pafs between them. If the 

 I box 



