The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1839-02-14

leather, not as their proper food, but IN the
hope OF sustaining nature few moments
longer. The Usage orange, Maclura, is
40 exception. They eat that freely bu,
II is so like mulberry IN all IFS characters,
that 1t required considerable ingenuity III
the naturaiIsIs to call IT BY another name.
Having gwen my preference for the null
tIcaulis, over all other kinds, and my rea.
sons for it, It will not be expected of me to
say any thing of other kinds; for, If the
reader puts confidence in what is here writ
ten, be viii adopt the multicnulis without
lnquiring about other kinds; and if he does
not thus contde ia my statements, any
thing | could say about other kinds would
be OF no avail.
The mode OF culivaling the mul;icaulis,
IS the next subject for consideration. The
simplest and most common plan is as fol.
lows. Prepare the ground III the spring as
Tor corn. Run burrows four or five feet
apart, as preparatory TO planting corn.
Then take the limbs and young wood thu,
grew last year, cut off close 10 the tree,
and Law them iengthwise ia the firrow the
but. end of the limb a short distance, foot
or 50, from the top end Of the lasi land down !;
cover the whole limb with a hoe, about
enc or two inches deep; generally, every
bud on each limb VIII grow, and make u
tree 10 8 feet high by autumn. The
ground should be kept free from grass and
weeds, BY cultivation as IN corn. About
the last Of July, il is best to take a sharp
spade aud separate the young trees, by
driving il down midway between them, but
this IS not essential they can be separated
when taken up the spring following. The
next spring they should be taken up aud
planted in regular form III the orchard,
where they are permanently to remain.
| The best method IS 10 plan, them 6 or :
feet apart 10 the row, aud the rows 0 10
10 feet apart-lhe rows running north and
south, or north ives, aud southeast. BS
this mode OF cultivation, II will be perceV
~ that eight or ten times as many mutt
caulIs trees ;nay be- raised on au acre oil
ground, as of corn halls, aud that as the
crop is ready for the market, when they
are raised 10 seil) as early rs a crop OF corn
there is no reason ior the eNtrayacant pr
ces demanded for them. They would be
very profitable crop at five ceois tree.
There are other modes Of cultivation
which II may be we'll to describe here.
Where cuttings are scarce, auj tie loss q.
any Of them - Uf much CONSIDERATION,
bot bed should be made IN the u.usl way,
and the cuttings started 10 II as follows
Gu, all the limbs and young wood INTO short
pieces, with one bud on each sag them
Hat On the surface Of the hot bed in lines
sengIhWlse, the Gods of tie cuttings a
quarter Of an inch apart, ADD The hnes OF
cuttings two inches apart, with toe hnd
u?permost. Then sIlt rich garden nould
over them, half an inch deep, and put the
glass irames on the beds. Every night
and morning, water them wiia watering
pot, merely enough 10 keep the earth MOST.
They Should BE- planted 10 the boz bad Que
moaih before The usual disappearance OF
frost. la and around Baltimore. about the
lsi Of Aprii is the time, as lrosI usualk
disappears altogether, abeut the / st To the
10Th OF May. By the time lhe fros, Jls.
appears, the young plants siil be about
the SIZE Of cabbage plants, aad NAY lie Ia.
ken out ot the bed Dad planted N the or
chard ~he'e they are permanently to vroU.
During Tue tine they are 10 10, beds, care
should be taken N warm days To gise them
AR, by RAISING the glass frames aud II Sc
we're ifosis occur TO cover the glasses sih
straw, or mating aud ghen set cot 10 The
held they should be we'll altered for a le~
days "a The evening. The practice Of pro.
pagaiing as above from siugle bud8 was
iiFss adopted by me, and followed Tor many
years to very great advantage: end an
uOl sure but that l. slill tho best, as II often
occurs that cold backward spring rots
great portion Of the cuttings planted 10 cold
ground es first recommended above. Be.
SIDES, n tie hot. bed system, the trees get
month the start aud make larger and hner
trees. Box 10 very extensive plantations II
Is 3" loo troublesome" A convenient hot,
bed MAJ be formed BY those Who are %,
provided anh frames, de-, and are no, ac
quainsed with forcing gasdeus, as follows
Dig PIT two feet deep, Tour feet - ide. and
ten to twenty feet long, or as long as you
please, If you have manure enough. Fin
1t with fresh horse duag six inches to foo,
above the top. When yoa perceive i, get.
ling hot aud settling down, cover It with
SIX inches Of rich garden mould, and rake
u level aud smooth. Let il remain for
two or three days until The heat begin, 10
decline, aud then pu, in the cuttings as
above. Al night, when cold, lay some
light brush over the bed, aud spread straw
or mats over them, aud water them as n
the regular bot bed. This method will
generally he iouGd 10 answer all The purpo. !
ses u D perfect no. bed.
Another method is by layers. Instead