SECT. VII. OF GRA1FING. 87 



fort of agreement between the cion and flock necefTary; 

 the cion not being too big, or the flock too fmall, to 

 prevent a proper bedding. If more than one cion be 

 not put in, the flock on the oppohre fide to the cion 

 mould be floped up about two inches in length, to 

 half its thicknefs. 



This way of grafting is ufed moil properly with 

 Jirong flocks; and fometimes is applied to large 

 branches, and even trunks of old trees, to change the 

 f its, or renew the wood. In proportion to the large- 

 nefs of which, from two to five or fix cions are put in, 

 and fometimes of different forts ; and if the ftock be 

 large, the more the better, as it heals over the fooner, 

 and as they infure the life of the flock, by receiving 

 and carrying off the fap; in which refpect a Tingle 

 branch of the head of an old flock may be left on, 

 for the fap to pafs off by when it begins to flir. 



Having inferted the cions, and bound them, clay the 

 top of the flock well, fo as to (hoot off the wet. In 

 this way of graff.ng, the cions are liable to be dijhirbed. 

 or moved from their places by flrong winds, and the 

 befl preventative is to tie fmall long flicks to the flocks, 

 and then the*cions to them, taking Cc.re to place the 

 flicks fo as not to force the cions; and as the (hoots 

 proceed to pulh they may be fattened to the flicks alfo, 

 and fo grow two years, when nature will need no 

 farther alhflance. . 



Side-graffing is done in the bark, much like 

 inoculation, a cion being inferted inflead of a bud i 

 but remember, there mufl be a fluent fap firft, i.e. 

 the bark muft part readily from the wood, before this 

 mode of graffing is attempted. The bead ot the flock 

 is not to be cut off, only thinned a little if it be big, 

 and the fide fhoots taken away. The bark of the flock, 

 where the infertion of the cion is to be, mufl be cut 

 through in the form of the letter T, as wide and as 

 long as is fufhcient to receive the cion, cut as be- 

 fore, with a dope face of at leajl an inch long, taking 

 6 advantage, 



