163 THE TREE PROPAGATOR AND PLANTER. 



deep, putting them in holes one foot apart in lines, in a 

 deep sandy loam. 



The Mulberry. 



The Mulberry is a useful tree, both on account of its 

 fruit and its foliage. The leaves are much used as food 

 for the silkworm. The tree itself is a fine lawn tree ; 

 its growth is noble and pretty, and the foliage very 

 dense. 



The propagation of the Mulberry is by seed, layers, 

 and cuttings. The seed, which is obtained from the 

 fruit, should be sown in deep seed-pans, and set in a 

 mild heat in February. By layers is not very con- 

 venient. By cuttings of the two or three year old wood 

 made as for Currant cuttings, and inserted in sandy soil 

 in the month of November. 



The Medlar. 



The Medlar is a species of Pear, and may be grafted 

 on that stock, as for that fruit. It may also be multi- 

 plied by seed. This is in the fruit, and can only be got 

 out as it decays, or is ripe, for that is really the case 

 with the Medlar. It is ripe when it is what is called 

 "rotten." The seed should be sown in the autumn, 

 in a good light soil, two or three inches deep. By 

 grafting : use the young stuff, as for Apples or Pears, 

 and proceed in the same way. It ma} r also be grafted 

 on the Thorn. The Medlar must not be gathered too 

 soon, or the fruit will not be good. 



The Fig-tree. 



In some counties Figs are difficult to get, but in the 

 mild climate of the West of England standard Fig-trees 

 bear abundantly, and require no winter protection 

 whatever, two good crops of Figs being easily obtained. 

 The crop that comes late in the autumn ripens early in 

 the following spring or summer. On walls extra fine 

 crops are obtained without any kind of protection 

 through the winter. 



