Xll INTRODUCTION. 



on to. The barks of the two plants, that is to say, the edges, 

 must be close, and touch each other on one side at least ; and 

 if the piece you put on is only a tenth of the size of the stock 

 you put it to, it will in time grow and cover all the rest. 

 Cut both with a sharp knife, and make them fit close ; bind 

 them carefully and firmly ; then cover with wax or clay to 

 keep the air away until they unite, and the graft begins to 

 gi'ow, when the covering may be taken off, and afterwards 

 the tie may be removed. The time for grafting is when the 

 plant begins its growth for the season. 



BUDDING. 



This is performed when the leaves of plants have grown to 

 their full size, and the bud is to be seen plump at the base of 

 it. The relative nature of the bud and the stock is the same 

 as in grafting. Make»a slit in the bark of the stock, to reach 

 from half an inch to an inch down the stock, according to the 

 size of the plant ; then make another short slit across, that 

 you may easily raise the bark from the wood. Next take a 

 very thin slice of the bark from the tree or plant to be 

 budded, a little below a leaf, and bring the knife out a little 

 above it, so that you remove the leaf and the bud at its base, 

 with the little slice you have taken. You will perhaps have 

 removed a small bit of the wood with the bark, w^hich you 

 must take carefully out with the shai^D point of your knife 

 and your thumb ; then tuck the bark and bud under the bark 

 of the stock, which you carefully bind over, letting the bud 

 come at the part where the slits cross each other. Ko part 

 of the stock should be allow^ed to grow after it is budded, 

 except a little shoot or so above the bud, just to draw the sap 

 past the bud. 



