THE MULBERRY TREE. 



PURCHASING SEED. 



In procuring seed for sowing care ought to be taken 

 to obtain that which is genuine, and in order to guard 

 against imposition, seed of domestic growth should 

 always be selected in preference to foreign, when it 

 can be obtained. 



It is said, and probably with truth, that a quantity 

 of imported turnip seed has been distributed in some 

 parts of the country for Chinese Mulberry seed, and 

 the same imposition, it is feared, will be attempted to 

 be played off in the importation and sale of White 

 Mulberry seed. The silk growing and manufactur- 

 ing districts of foreign countries, are unquestionably 

 looking upon our enterprize with an envious and jeal- 

 ous eye, and we must be prepared to surmount every 

 obstacle their cupidity may throw in our way, wheth- 

 er indirectly, by scattering among us spurious seed, 

 or such as will not vegetate, or directly, by sending 

 among us foreign emissaries, as they did when the 

 cotton manufacture was in its infancy. 



To guard against these impositions it is recom- 

 mended to cultivators to be careful about the quality 

 and kind of their seed ; and in all cases to procure 

 domestic seed when it can be had. 



SOWING THE SEED. 



The seed may be sown from the first of May to the 

 first of September. If sown in August, the plants 

 will be up two or three inches before the autumnal 

 frosts, and must be protected by covering them with 

 horse manure, straw, or refuse hay, or the roots will 

 be liable to be destroyed by the frosts of the ensuing 



