SOIL, SITUATION AND CLIMATE. 43 



ter of a mile from it, and north of it too, and in a high- 

 er situation was not injured." 



" In fine, Sir, I am in no way interested now in the 

 business of raising mulberry trees or silk, so that I can 

 be influenced by no mercenary consideration in giving 

 my opinion as above, and therefore, the more depen- 

 dence may be placed on these suggestions. The man- 

 ner of propagating as above described, is my own dis- 

 covery, and has been practised by me four years with 

 invariable success," 



Mr. Smith differs from the opinion I had adopted on 

 the authority of the French, as I have stated in page 40, 

 and seems persuaded that this mulberry is a distinct 

 species, as is the alba, rubra, nigra, &,c. 



The plan recommended by Mr. Smith as above, and 

 which originated with him, consists in raising the trees 

 from cuttings in a hot bed. These are prepared and 

 planted early in March, and placed three inches asun- 

 der ; the eye so buried as to be barely visible at the sur- 

 face, and covered with glass. The bed is occasionally 

 watered and protected from frost at night, and a scorch- 

 ing sun at mid-day. 



By the middle of May, the plants will be six inches 

 high, and may be transplanted to the open ground, and 

 watered daily till rooted. If the weather is dry, they 

 will ripen their wood, and need no protection in the 

 first winter. 



SECTION XV. 

 SOIL, SITUATION AND CLIMATE. 



ALTHOUGH the mulberry nourishes most luxuriantly in 

 a moist and rich soil and protected situation, yet the 

 leaves which are produced in such soils are more crude, 



