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Show A Difcour(e of Foreft-Trees. Chap. IX, and the /eaves of a mealy the black 3 The rindlikewife is whiter, fooner produc’d by at and rer, clear greencolour, and far tende e to the newly difntag adva us ello marv a is which leafta fortnight, maturity, and their to r foone e rriv clos’d Silkworm; Alfo theya iful tothe beaut lefs tree this Noris web. finer cesa the food produ The ues: Aven and alks U for r eye then the faireft El,very prope 4 Difcourfe of Foret-Trees, 6% {pread.all over this Land, and whentheindigent and young daxgb- ters in proud Families areaswilling to gain three or four Shillings a dayfor gatheting S#/k, and bufying themfelves in this {weet and ealte imployment, as {ome doto getfour pence a day for hard work at Hemp, Flax,and Wools the reputation uf Atulberries would {pread as well as timber (amongft other properties) will laft in the mater ropes. Bafth toug and good s make the moft folid Oak, and the bark or ing ftand her whet onit, d bree to in Verm of It faffers no kind ly. in England and other Plantations. J might fay fomething likethis ofSaffron, which we yet too much negled the culture of 5 but whichforall thisI donot defpair of fecing reaffum’d when that good Geniws returns. In orderto this hopefulProguoftick we will add a few Direttions aboutthe gathering of their Leaves, to renderthis h (begreateft and moft worthy efteem, is forthe Leaves, whic5 efpethe Si/k-worn) nourifhes Cows, Sheep, and othercattel accomplifh'd and agreeable works inthe world, Silkwormon fell’d, nor dares any Caterpillar attaque it fave the h this free 1s In whic for that but fuel: lent excel are ngs The Loppi chapter one of the moft aecomplifh'd ; forcertainly one ofthe moft ii. The Leaves of the A¢ulberry thould be colleéted from trees of feven or eight years old; if of fuchas are very young, it impairs fides thefrait cially young Porkers, being boil'd witha little braz: and m, will excellent to feed Poultry. In fumme, what evereats ofthe their growth, neitherare theyfo healthful for the worms, making g ties, as relaxing ofthe bey being eatenin the morning, and curin Inflammations and Ulcers ofthe w#onth and throat , mix'd with Adel comes; andall fick and ye/ow leaves are hurtful. It is betterto clip, andlet the /eaves fall upon a fubtended sheetor blanket , than : over-ripe. 10. To proceed with the Leaf (for which they are chiefly cherifh’d ) the benefit ofit isfo great, that they are frequently Jet to fhould hardly betouched, withdifficulty be reduc’d to endure any thing elfe, as long as theycan come by them; to fay nothing of their other foveraign quali Rofarum, in which Receipt they do beft,being taken before they are re ll Chap.1X. farmfor vat fummes 5 fo as fome one fole tree has yielded the pro- them Aydropical and apt to burft : As do alfo the Leaves offuch frees as be planted inatoo wateri/h or over-richfoil, or where no Sanz to gather them by hand; and to gather them, than to ferip them which marrs and gauls the braxches, and bruifes the /eaves that Some there are who lop offthe bonghs and make it their pruning, anditisa tolerable way, {0 it be dif. creetly done in the over-thick parts of the free; but thefe leaves prietor arent oftwenty Shillings per Anaum, for the Leaves onely 5 andfix or feven pounds ofSilk, worth as many pounds Sterling, in five orfix weeks, to thofe who keep the worms. We knowthat till after italy had madeSilk above a thoufand years , they receiv’d it not in France; it being hardly yet an hundred fince they betook themfelves to this wanufacture in Province! anguedoc,Dauphine,Lionnois, vc. and notin Tourain and Orleanstill Hew, the fourth’stime; but itis incredible what a Revenue it amounts to in that Kingdom, About the fame time, ora little after, it was that King fames did with extraordinary care recommend it to this Nation, by a Book of Direétions, Ads of Councel,andall other Princely affiftance, Butthis gather'd from a feparated branchwill die, and wither much fooner than thofe which are takenfrom the tree immediately, unlef§ you fet the few in water. Leaves gathered from boughscut off will fhrink inthree hours; whereas thofe you take from the living tree will laftas many days s and being thus a while kept are better than ever-frefh ones, It isa Rule, Neverto gatherina rainy feafon, nor cut any brawch whilft the wet is upon it 3 and therefore againft fuch fufpected times you are to provide before hand, and to referve them infomefrefh but dry place : the fame caution you mutt obferve for the dew, though it do not rain, for met food kills the worms. But if this cannot be altogetherprevented, put the /eaves the Invirons of Paris whofilled the High-ways,Parks,and Gardens of France with the trees, beginning in hisown Gardezs for encourage= ment: Yet, I fay, thiswould not be brought into example, tll this prefent great Afozarch, by the indefatigable diligence of Ason- and down‘tillthe moifture be drunk up in the Line, and then fpreading themto the air a little,on another dryclothyyou mayfeed with thembeldly. The top-leaves and oldeft would be gathered Jaftofall, as being moft proper to repaft the worms with towards did not take no more then that of Hez.the fourth’s Propofal about ficur Colbert (Superintendent of His Majefties manufatiures) who has fo fuccefsfully reviv'dit , that ‘tis prodigious to confider what an happy progrefsthey have made in it, to our shame be it fpoken 5 whohaveno other difcouragements from any infuperable difficulty whatever, but our/foth and want of induffry : fince where everthefe trees will grow and profper, the Si/k:- worms will do fo alfo 5 and they were alike averfe, and fromthe very fame fuggeftions where nowthat manufacture flourifhes in our xeighbour Countries, It is demonftrable, that 4fberries in fourorfive years may be made to {pread betweena pairoffheets well dried bythe fire, their laftchange, and fhake them up The gatherer muft be neat, and have his hands clean, andhis breath {weet, and not poifon'’d with Onions or Tabac- co, and be careful notto prefsthe leaves by crouding them into the Bags or Baskets. Laftly, that they gather onely (unlefs incale of neceflity) Icaves fromthe prefevt, not from the former yeats {prigs, or old weed, which are not onelyrude and harfh, but are annex'd to ftubb’d Stalks, which injure the worms, and fpoil the denudated branches, 12. Thisis what I thought fitto premonifh concerning the gaK thering |