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separated by the knife, and transplanted into situations 

 where they will have sufficient room to grow. 



Grafting is the third means of propagating the 

 Mulberry, and many cultivators are of opinion, that 

 the Morus Multicaulis, grafted on the stalk of the 

 White Mulberry would stand our winters much 

 better. 



The shoulder grafting is, to my judgment, the best 

 mode. It Js performed like splicing two pieces of 

 timber together, each piece cut half through from the 

 end down to a shoulder, about an inch or two in 

 length ; then lashed together with a soft bandage, and 

 covered with wax. The operator should be very 

 careful to adjust the two pieces, so that the Wood and 

 bark of each may come together and admit the ascent 

 of the sap. 



In many parts of Europe, and particularly in Italy 

 and France, grafting is practised on all, whether 

 standard, hedge or dwarf trees. They entertain a 

 mistaken idea that grafted trees bear more leaves. 



The fourth species of propagation is denominated 

 budding, or inoculating. It is much more easily per- 

 formed than grafting, and by many is considered far 

 better. The manner of performing this operation, is 

 by taking a bud from a scion of the kind you desire, 

 and putting it into another tree. An incision should 

 be made across the scion about an inch above the bud, 

 into the heart ; the knife then turned and run down 

 an inch below the bud. This should be taken off 



