210 On Budding Trees and Shrubs. 



public in general. It was translated fron". a Belgium work by Mr. 

 Loudon, the indefatigable editor of the Card. Mag., with some addi- 

 tions and alterations ; but as we are sure it will be one of the most 

 interesting articles in our present number, we present it entire. 



" The following article we have translated, with some additions and 

 variations, from V Horticulteur Beige ; and we present it to our 

 readers as more complete than any article which has hitherto 

 appeared on budding and herbaceous grafting in the English lan- 

 guage. We have given the French names of the different kinds 

 both of budding and grafting ; not only because we think the doing 

 so will be useful to gardeners who visit the Continent, or read 

 French books on gardening, but because many of the tefms are not 

 translated literally. For example, the French apply the word 

 grejfc (graft) as a generic term including both grafting and budding ; 

 whereas the English, and also the Germans, use distinct words for 

 these two kinds of operations. The Germans use tbe word vered- 

 lung, ennobling or improving, as including both grafting, propfen, 

 and budding, ocurliren. In English we have no gardening word to 

 express the two operations, although the word insition might be used 

 for this purpose. 



I. Budding. Greffes par Gemmcs. 



1. Escutcheon Budding, without a Bud or Eye; Greffe en 

 E'cusson sans Yeux. — The object of this mode of budding is simply 

 to cover a wound or blemish in one tree by the live bark of another. 

 Take from a tree of the same sort, or at least of the same genus, as 

 the wounded tree, a piece of bark rather larger than the wound, and 

 form it into a regular shape ; then cut the bark round the wound 

 hito the exact form and dimensions of the piece to be inserted, so 

 that the latter may be let into the former with the greatest exact- 

 ness. The inner bark of the graft and that of the stock being fitted 

 so as to joint perfectly all round, and the shield closely adhering to 

 the tree in every part, it is kept on by a ligature ; and the edges of 

 the wound are covered with grafting-wax or clay. It is a remarka- 

 ble fact, which some are, perhaps, not aware of, that the wood 

 formed under a piece of bark inserted in this manner, even though 

 that bark be without a bud or eye, will be the wood of the tree from 

 which the shield was taken. In this way several different kinds of 

 wood might be formed on one tree, without introducing a single leaf 

 belonging to those different woods. The portion of v.'ood introduced 

 will always be limited in diameter to the size of the portion of bark 

 put on. 



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

 Greffe en E'cusson par Inoculation. — With the point of a grafting- 

 knife, or rather with that of a penknife, cut a small bud out of the 

 jtree tp be propagated, leaving a narrow rim of bark round it, and 



