SUPPLEMENT. 7 1 



a horse* and by compression, namely, by budding. When 

 a tree is grafted even with the ground, it must be surround- 

 ed with clayey earth, as described above, and if it be a cleft 

 graft, to half of the height of the graft ; the cleft may be 

 covered with paper only ; afterwards it must be enveloped 

 with an old piece of mat. Place damp earth around to 

 nourish the graft ; it should be so done as to afford shelter 

 from the air and wind Instead of a piece of mat, an old 

 earthen vessel without a bottom may be used. Water when 

 the earth is dry, to preserve the proper humidity. Shoots 

 will soon push through the damp earth, which envelopes 

 the grafted place. Care must be taken not to remove this 

 earth ; but in the Autumn, when the shoots have acquired 

 strength, and the graft is firmly joined, this earth becomes 

 useless. As soon as the grafts are well set, and they par- 

 take of the life of the stock, they can be left, if the strength 

 of the tree, and the number of horizontal branches permit it. 



BUDDING OR INOCULATION. 



When budding is to be performed shorten a horizontal 

 branch to within about a foot of the stem. (The length to 

 be left, cannot be rigorously determined ; attention must be 

 paid to the strength of the tree.) Having selected a bud 

 or germ from the graft, enter the knife half an inch below 

 a bud, cut quite through the bark to the wood, separating 

 the bark to the same distance above the bud. A very thin 

 slip of wood is also taken with the bark and liber bearing 

 the bud. 



Below the bud, and upon the wood, there is a small 



* Query? Whip grafting. 



