424- Cultivation of the Mulberry 



shrubs with balls, which will be very useful in the pleasure- 

 ground. 



I am, Sir, &c. 



S. Bennet. 

 Tfior-eshy Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire^ 

 Dec. 15. 1828. 



In using this machine, the shafts {a) are first taken off by 

 withdrawing an iron bolt {b) ; the body of the machine (c) is 

 then made fast to the tree by a rope, which passes through 

 the hole [e). The tree and the machine with the wheels are 

 now upright; and the part of the machine over the axle [d) 

 being placed against the lower part of the trunk above the 

 ball, previously dug round, the tree and machine are pulled 

 down to the horizontal position, the shafts re-attached, and the 

 horse yoked ready to draw the tree to the hole prepared for it. 



Art. XVI. Method of cultivating the Mulberry in the Governmeirt 

 Mulberry Plantation at Nymphe?iburg, with a List of the different 

 Species and Varieties grown there. By M. Bischof, Nursery- 

 Gardener to the King of Bavar'a. 



The ground selected for sowing must be well trenched, and 

 freed from large stones. Heavy clayey earth is unfit for re- 

 ceiving the seeds, but light garden soil or black sandy mould 

 should, if possible, be selected. The ground being parted off 

 into beds, trenches of an inch deep are made at intervals of 

 6 in., in a longitudinal direction. The time for sowing is about 

 the middle of May. As soon as I get my seeds I put them 

 into a dish full of water, in which they remain for 24< hours, 

 when the good seeds settle at the bottom, and the bad are 

 found swimming on the surface, and may be removed from the 

 rest. The good seeds are then mixed with fine sand, in order 

 that they may be sown more equally ; they are thinly scattered 

 in the trenches, and slightly covered with fine light earth* 

 Being watered twice a day, the young plants will appear in 

 three or four weeks. During the summer they must be kept 

 free from weeds, the earth between them frequently loosened 

 and watered, and be protected against excessive heat by a light 

 shade. The mole cricket (Gryllus gryllotalpa) is my greatest 

 enemy, and the best method I know of destroying it is by sink- 

 ing oblong vessels, about 6 in. deep, and half-filled with water, 

 in which they are caught during their nightly excursions. On 



