By Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. 117 



A considerable number of cuttings were taken from the 

 most vigorous bearing branches of a Mulberry tree, in the 

 middle of November 1812, and were immediately reduced to 

 the length adapted to small pots, in which I proposed them 

 ultimately to be planted, and which were between four and 

 five inches deep. Each cutting was composed of about two 

 parts of two years old wood, that is wood of the preceding 

 year, and about one-third of yearling wood, the produce of 

 the preceding summer ; and the bottom of each was cut so 

 much aslope, that its surface might be nearly parallel with 

 that of the bottom of the pot in which it was to be placed. 

 The cuttings were then placed in the common ground, under 

 a south wall, and so deeply immersed in it, that one bud 

 only remained visible above its surface ; and in this situation 

 they remained till April. At this period the buds were much 

 swollen, and the upper ends of the cuttings appeared similar 

 to those of branches which had been shortened in the pre- 

 ceding autumn, and become incapable of transmitting any 

 portion of the ascending fluid. The bark at the lower ends 

 had also begun to emit those processes, which usually pre- 

 cede the production of roots. The cuttings were now removed 

 to the pots, to which they had been previously fitted, and 

 placed in a moderate hot-bed, a single bud only of each 

 cutting remaining visible above the mould, and that being 

 partially covered : and in this situation they vegetated with 

 so much vigour, and emitted roots so abundantly, that I do 

 not think one cutting in a hundred would fail with proper 

 attention. Some of the pots were placed round the edges 

 of a melon bed, which affords a very eligible situation where 

 a few plants only are wanted. 



