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eter,) with a sloping upward cut of an iuch or two. Then, direct- 

 ly opposite this, cut downward perpendicularly, taking the bark 



and a thin slice of wood. Cut 

 the scion upward, dividing it for 

 the same distance into two un- 

 equal parts, leaving a bud at the 

 top of the cut ; then cut the thick- 

 er part of the scion so as to leave 

 it wedge shaped ; place this 

 wedge shaped part into the back 

 part of the stock and draw the 

 thinner part over the slanting 

 cut of the stock ; fit the parts 

 closely, tie and wax.* 



Bud-Grafting or Budding, as it 

 is commonly called, [inoculation 

 of the old authors,) is the easiest 

 and best mode of working small 

 stocks. It differs from ordinary 

 grafting mainly in the use of a 

 single bud in the place of a scion 

 bearing several buds, and in be- 

 ing performed in late summer in- 

 stead of spring'. It may be per- 

 formed in spring, as soon as the 

 bark peels freely, using scions of 

 the previous years' growth which 

 have been carefully kept in good 

 condition ; but this is rarely ad- 

 visable, and perhaps only when 

 we have a very valuable scion 

 which it is desired by subdivis- 

 ion to increase the chance of saving, or to work as many stocks 

 with it as there are buds upon it. 



To insure success in budding, several conditions are essential. 

 The most important of these ai-e, 1st, That the hark of the stock 

 ahould 2')CLrt freely from the loood ; for if, either by reason of the sea- 

 son of the year, or the feeble condition of the stock, the bark ad- 



Saddlb Grafting 



(a). Stock, (b). Scion. 

 3yud scion joined. 



(c). Stock 



*■■ Substantially the same method is described by Dr. Weston on page 3G, as also a 

 method of grafting under the bark. 



