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sap ; and it might probably be advantageously employed to secure 

 the success of buds on resinous trees. 



10. Budding resinous Trees; (Jreffe en E'cusson d'' Arhrcs re- 

 sineujc. (fig. 8.^ — An incision is made in the form of T, as if for an 

 ordinary bud, in the bark of the stock. A double in- 

 cision is then made obliquely, about two lines or two 

 lines and a half from the upper part of the T: this 

 incision should penetrate the baik to the thickness of 

 nearly a line, or so as to reach the soft wood. This 

 mode of budding succeeds not only on resinous trees, 

 but also on all those that have a gummy and very 

 abundant sap. 



11. Covered Budding; Grcffe en E'cusson con- 

 vert, (fig. 9. J — The bud is prepared as usual ; but, 

 when it is inserted in the stock, instead of a ligature, the lines of 

 junction are covered wiih grafting-wax: a piece of bark is then taken 

 from another tree, and, a small hole being made in the 

 middle of it, it is placed on the escutcheon, so as to 

 cover the whole of it except the bud, which appears 

 through the hole, as in the figure. A bandage is then 

 put over the bark to keep the whole together. This 

 mode of budding is rather too intricate for ordinary 

 purposes ; but it may be worth adopting for rare and 

 delicate trees. 



12. Budding with a square Escutcheon ; Greffe en E'cusson 

 carre. — Three incisions are made in the stock, one transversal, and 

 the two others longitudinal, beginning on each side of the horizontal 

 one, and descending perpendicularly four or five lines. They are 

 to be four or five lines apart, and to represent a long square, the 

 bottom line of which is wanting. This square strip or plate is raised 

 and turned down. 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 down the stock ; and 

 it is applied to the incision, 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 covered 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 

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



13. Escutcheon Budding, xoith a Portion of Terminal Buds ;. 

 Greffe en E'cusson par Portion d^Yeux tcrminaux. (fig. 10.) — A 

 piece, measuring six or eight lines in length, cut from the top of a 

 branch, is split in two, dividing the terminal bud exactly in the mid- 

 dle. An incision is then made in the stock in the form of a T, and 

 the half bud is inserted into it in the usual manner. In case of 

 need, the terminal eye might be divided into four equal parts. The 



