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transversal, and the two others longitudinal, beginning on each side of 



the horizontal one, and descending perpendi- 

 cularly four or fire lines. They are to be four 

 or fire lines apart, and to represent a long 

 square, the bottom line of which is wanting. 

 This square strip or plate is raised ana turned 

 down, as in the figure. A square escutcheon, 

 provided with a good eye, is then cut from a 

 branch of the tree which is to be propagated, 

 exactly of the same size as the plate stripped 

 do«n the slock; and it is applied to the inci- 

 sion, which it must cover with the greatest 

 exactness. This being done, the plate of 

 bark, which was hanging down on the stock, is raised, and the escutcheon 

 ■ "Mild up to the eye; the line of junction is then coated with grafting- 

 wax, and the whole is tied like other buds. It appears that this mode of 

 budding was much used formerly, and that it succeeded perfectly: but, as it 

 i> rather tedious in the execution, it is now seldom employed. 



13. Escutcheon liudding, with a Portion of Terminal Hvds ; Greffe en Elus- 

 ion par Portion rf'1'ci/.r terminaux. (Jig. 9.) — A piece, measuring six or eight 



9 lines in length, cut from the top of a branch, is split in two, 

 dividing the terminal bud exactly in the middle. An incision 

 is then made in the stock in the form of a T, and the half bud 

 is inse.rted into it in the usual manner. In case of need, the 

 terminal eye might be divided into four equal parts. The 

 growing bud ought to be used to insure success, though this 

 mode will sometimes succeed with a dormant bud. This me- 

 thod may be very useful, if the tree to be propagated has no 

 young side shoots strong enough to admit of a bud being taken 

 from them. It is particularly suitable for rare trees, with 

 scaly buds and opposite branches. 



14. Annular Flute Budding ; Greffc en Flute en Anneav. (fir/. 

 10.) — .V branch is chosen on the tree which is to be propa- 

 ■ 1, a* thick as, or thicker than, the stock, and a ring of bark, including 



10 an eye, is cut from it, and detached by splitting it perpen- 

 dicularly on one side, and then separating it from the wood 

 by inserting under it the spatula-like handle of the bud- 



fjHfe ding-knife. A similar operation is then performed on the 

 ; ili a I i - to say, a ring of bark, exactly of the same 

 si/' . i de|ached from the stem in the same manner, but 

 vP' " ithouti aring whether there are buds on it or not. In its 

 place is [nit the ring taken from the branch to be propa- 

 I, with the precaution of making the inner barks join' 

 together exactly both at top and bottom. No binding is 

 applied; but the whole is covered with grafting-clay (on- 

 nnent de St. Fiacre) or grafting-wax. Neither the branches nor the head of 

 the stock are to be cut down till the bud has taken. The two periods most 

 favourable for this sort of budding arc, the time of the greatest movement of 

 the sap in 1 1 •*• spring, and at the end of its greatest movement in August. 

 mode of budding has the advantage of never mutilating the stock- 

 because, if it does not take, the bark of the ring supplies the place of that 

 taken away. Iii- not onlj suitable for the propagation of Walnut trees 

 but al»o for th< in' roase of all rare trees with hard wood, such as the Ame- 

 rican "ak- and < Chestnuts. 



|.». Split Flute Budding f Gteffe en Flute /endue. — The only difference 



ind the pn de i , that, If the ring of bark containing 



gei than lie pace prepared foril on the stock, a piece must 



■ n from it longitudinally . so a to make it lit exactly. 



If>. Flute Budding by eh < tact, Tub* Budding; Greffe en Flute par 



Juxtaporition, ou en Siffltt, ,/;,/. \ \,y. i he bead of the ttock l» ing cut off a 



i in. or :} in. long, is removed. A shool is then taken from the 



as the Mock, and u jim» 



