105' OS G'ttAFTIXG THE HOSE, 



It must be' remembered at that the end of each shoot there wil? 

 probably be one or more buds open; these must be carefully cut. 

 off from the shoot or they wdl infallibly exaust the others. 



Let the shoots remain for three weeks in an outhouse, or any 

 place neither very dry nor very damp, where neither wind nor sun 

 can come in contact with them.' 



During the first week in March, cut off your stock, (in which the 

 sap should be beginning to rise,) horizontally ; make a slit in it, 

 straight downwards, of a couple of inches, or an inch and a half 

 long, taking care not to injure the sides of the bark. 



Take the shoot in the left hand, and leaving three buds upon it,, 

 or two if the stock be not large ; cut the lower extremity of the 

 shoot in the shape of a wedge, the back being rather the thinnest 

 and the lowest bud about half an inch above the thick end of the 

 wedge. In doing which, care must be taken that the bark be un- 

 disturbed, and each scion so.cut that all the buds point outwards, 

 or at any rate, be so placed that the shoots from them may not in- 

 terfere with each other. 



With the end of your budding-knife, or a little wooden or ivory 

 wedge, open the slit in the stock on one side, and then place the 

 scion, with the thinkest part or front outwards, in the other, taking 

 care that the edge of the inner bark or liber of the scion touches 

 the edges of the inner bark of the stock, all the way down ; pull out 

 the wedge and enter another scion in its place, the slit being kept 

 open by the first; if the size of the scion behalf the size of the 

 stock, you may leave a shoulder to the scion, and thus increase the 

 chances of success. 



Any number of scions may be inserted in the same stock, but 

 from one to four are all that are desirable in the present case, to 

 cover well over the head of the stock which is apt to receive much 

 injury from the weather, if not carefully attended to. 



The object of lay ing by the scions, is that the stock may be the 

 forwardest, and be enabledto supply the sap, and force themforward 

 at once, instead of lingering while they perish from exposure and 

 want of nourishment. Whether this danger might be entirely re- 

 moved by the following new mode of grafting I have not yet had 

 an opportunity of trying. 



Leave a small end to the scion, with bark, &c. upon it, and hav- 

 ing finished your graft as above, turning the overplus outwards^ 



