72 CULTIVATION OF THE MULBERRY. 



heart (whicli agriculturists call corculum) as large as a 

 grain of rice ; it is the vital principle of a branch or limb. 

 When the bud is cut remove the wood only with the point 

 of the nail, leaving the corculum attached to the small plate 

 of bark and liber. 



Moisten the bud for some moments in the mouth, and 

 then apply it upon the horizontal branch, where it leaves 

 an impression. It must be taken again, and held in the 

 mouth ; then with the point of the knife upon the line so 

 impressed, make an incision or scollop in the bark and liber 

 upon the stock of the same size with the bud, so as to bare 

 the wood. Then insert the bud in the place prepared for it 

 (upon the horizontal branch.) The bud or germ must be 

 turned upwards, that it is to say, in its natural position. 



The grafted parts must be firmly bound above and below 

 with fresh and thin bark of the mulberry tree. The ligature 

 must be tied in a careful and proper manner. If it be tied 

 too tight, the circulation from the stock cannot be commu- 

 nicated to the graft ; if too loose, the two parts will not be 

 sufficiently compressed to adhere, and the operation will not 

 succeed. 



Cow dung must be kneaded with clayey earth, and the 

 four sides of the graft covered with it, leaving the bud 

 free. 



The number of buds will be in proportion to the size of 

 each stock. 



MANNER OF GRAFTING SMALL STOCKS. 



Grafting with grafts cut in the form of a horse's ear, 

 (that is to say, whip grafting,) may be performed. In the 



