THE MULBERRY TREE. $5 



during their growth ; but we are not without fears, 

 with respect to the admission of air and light in suffi- 

 cient quantities to bring them to maturity. 



The experiment, however, is an interesting and 

 important one, and will be thoroughly tried by Mr. C. 

 and the result given to the public. Should he fail of 

 success, it ought not to operate as a discouragement 

 to the cultivators of the Chinese Mulberry. Two 

 hundred pounds of silk from an acre is an enormous 

 crop it is altogether more than has been expected 

 by the most enthusiastic culturist, and should one half 

 one third, or even one fourth of that quantity be re- 

 alized, it must be put down as one of the most profit- 

 able of crops. 



TRANSPLANTING. 



Trees intended for transplanting may be taken up 

 in autumn and preserved through the winter with ve- 

 ry little trouble. On this subject Mr. Bestor, an ex- 

 perienced and successful cultivator of the Chinese 

 Mulberry, says : 



" Small Mulberry trees, intended to be removed the 

 ensuing autumn, should be taken up soon after the fall 

 of the leaf, and the roots carefully covered with san- 

 dy loam, or a hole may be dug in a sandy upland 

 where it will not hold water, and a layer of trees and 

 dirt alternately put in, and when near the top fill it 

 with dirt, and raise a mound over it sufficient to shed 

 the rains, and let them remain until it is time to set 

 them out in the spring. 



" Trees may also be preserved good by putting 

 them into a box, well packed in dirt, as above men- 

 tioned, and placed in the cellar. In all cases, care 

 should be taken that the dirt comes in immediate con- 



