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was taken. In this way several kinds of wood might be formed on one tree, 

 without introducing a single leaf belonging to those different woods. The 

 portion of wood introduced will always be limited in diameter to the size of 

 the portion of bark put on. 



r, '2. Budding with a Bud or Eye, and a circular Escutcheon ; 



Greffe en Ecusson par Inoculation, {fig. 2.) — With the point 

 if a grafting-knife, or rather with that of a penknife, cut a 

 small bud out of the tree to be propagated, leaving a narrow 

 rim of bark round it, and taking, at the same time, a portion 

 of the wood, which is retained. A hole is made in the stock, 

 of the same size as the bud and its rim, and of a depth equal 

 to the length of (he piece of wood left on. The whole is ad- 

 justed so that the bud, with its bark and wood, fills up the 

 wound exactly; and the edges are then covered with grafting- 

 wax. This mode of budding is employed to equalise the 

 dower-beds ever a tree, by removing some, from where there 

 are too many, to those parts of the tree where there are too few. 

 :$. Escutcheon Budding, with Wood under the Bark; Greffe en Ecusson 

 boise. {Jig. 3.) — To procure the escutcheon, a deep and transversal incision 



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is made above a healthy and vigorous bud ; 

 then, by withdrawing the blade of the graft- 

 ing-knife, and entering it rather higher than 

 this cross cut, a narrow strip of bark, three 

 or four lines broad, by 1 in. or lj in. long, 

 is taken away, terminating in a point at tho 



I bottom. The eye should be situated about, 

 a third from the top, and the stipules or other 

 appendages that sometimes accompany the 

 petiole, as well as prickles, &c.,mustbe taken 

 off with caution. With tho point of the 

 grafting-knife, the wood of the escutcheon is 

 then taken out, leaving a small piece imme- 

 ■liat.lv under the eye, and about a third of the length of the escutcheon. 

 The bud, thus prepared, is inserted in the stock, and then tied as before, 

 lids mod.' of budding is that must generally used in European nurseries. 



I. Bteuicheon Bttddina, with a growing Bud; Greffe en Ecusson avec un 

 CEit poussant. — The escutcheon is cut and placed in the same manner as by 

 the preceding method; but, as soon as it is inserted, the head of the stock is 

 i ut ■'If, and all the buds that push from it, except that from the escutcheon, 

 are rubbed off as they appear. This mode of budding, when clone in the 

 spring, has the great advantage Of forcing the bud to develope itself imme- 

 diately, thus gaining a year. However, it sometimes happens that, if the 

 bud does H"t take, tie' sap of the Stock n"t being able to find a channel, from 

 all th' 1 shoots being rubbed oil' as they appear, the stock, or at least a great 

 part of its length, dies "I' repletion. When done in the month of August, 

 this mod>- of budding seldom succeeds, because the young shoot, not having 

 time to ripen, perishes with the froi t, and often causes the death of the stock. 



'mm Budding, with a dormant Bud; Greffe tn Ecusson avec un 

 trmant. — This mud'' is similar to the preceding ; but it is performed in 



Align. I, and nothing is cut away from tie: stock till the following spring, ill 



■ ■ prevent the developement of tin- bud before thai season. Though 

 longer before it take i Sect, this mod. of budding is more certain to succeed 

 than tin' preceding method. It has aJ to the merit of not hurting the stock, 

 it ii doei ool take, 'lie- inhabitants of \iiry, who carry on tha greatest 

 commerce In fruit tr«''> in the neighbourhood of Paris, use it almost exclu- 

 ,.. This mode is tfa in the British nurseries. 



i.. Ricutcht ^u Budding, u ithout tin Wood ■ Greffe < n /-.'< usson <L un,'- de Bois. 



— \. i oidii mo !■•, all tin- v. 1 i *'ay i Bi pt a ! peck imme- 



■ l 'i el ; to the life of which bud, however, ih.it specie isessen- 



I "i ili'- i • i .mi - i ;t usual. Besides being very suitable for 



Orango tret . tin mode of budding i used for all trees having hard wood, 



kui h . Hollo-, and all analogous speoios, whether indigenous or 



ith'.r with the growing bud or dormant bud, 



