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the} 7 should be protected by tieing a small stick to 

 the branch grafted in, in such a manner, that the 

 graft can be tied to it, to support it from storms, 

 and winds. 



In the following spring, the grafted trees may be 

 looked over, and any young suckers growing from 

 the stock or tree that may be liable to injure and 

 retard the growth of the graft, may be taken off. 

 Any decayed bark or snags near the bark that is 

 either useless or a nuisance, should be cut away, 

 and the tree should in every part be properly and 

 neatly pruned. 



ART. 6. On the Management of the Inarch. 



Where trees are inarched, they require to be of- 

 ten looked over, as the branches inarched, are often 

 displaced by storms and winds. Every care should 

 be taken to keep the soil around the roots of the 

 trees or plants inarched in good order, by digging 

 in manure and keeping them moist. This is very 

 essential, because the healthier the plants worked 

 are kept, the better will they unite together ; it 

 should always be recollected, that plants should be 

 kept in the best possible state of health, when either 

 budded, grafted, or inarched, because when a free 

 flow of sap is kept up, then the union of the two 

 parts by the sap takes place much more speedily. 



After the plants have been inarched two or three 

 months, they may then be examined, to see if they 

 are well united, which if it has taken place and a 

 perfect union is made of the inarch and tree, it may 

 then be cut from the parent plant by cutting asun- 

 der that part between the stock and the one from 



