28 INOCULATION. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



ON INOCULATION, OR BUDDING. 



In the first volume of the transactions of the London 

 Horticultural society, the following improved mode of 

 inoculation is described by Mr. Knight. In the month 

 of June, when the buds are in a proper state, the oper- 

 ation is performed by employing two distinct ligatures 

 to hold the buds in their places one ligature is first 

 placed above the bud inserted, and upon the transverse 

 section through the bark, the other, the only office of 

 which is to secure the bud, is applied in the usual 

 way : as soon as the buds have attached themselves, 

 the lower ligatures are taken off, but the others are 

 suffered to remain the passage of the sap upwards, 

 is in consequence much obstructed, and the inserted 

 buds begin to vegetate strongly in July. When these 

 afford shoots about four inches long, the upper liga- 

 tures are taken off, to permit the excess of sap to pass 

 on, the wood ripens well, and affords blossoms some- 

 times for the succeeding Spring. 



