BUDDING. 



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large supply of the sustaining fluid from the stock, and the union 

 is rapid ; while the wound on the stock is speedily covered by a 

 new layer of bark from that part of the scion which svanda 

 astride it. 



Grafting clay is prepared 

 by mixing one third horse- 

 dung free from straw, and 

 two thirds clay, or clayey 

 loam, with a little hair, like 

 that used in plaster, to pre- 

 vent its cracking. Beat and 

 temper it for two or three 

 days, until it is thoroughly 

 incorporated. When used, 

 it should be of such a con- 

 sistency as to be easily put 

 on and shaped with the 

 hands. 



Grafting wax of excellent 

 quality we have made by 

 melting together three parts 

 of bees- wax, three parts of 

 rosin and two parts tallow. 

 While yet warm it may be 

 worked with the aid of a lit- 

 tle water, like shoemaker's 



wax, by the hand. The Fig. 6. Saddle grafting large stock 



common grafting wax of the French gardeners is of two kinds. 

 The first, is melted and laid on with a brush in a fluid state, and 

 is made of half a pound of pitch, half a pound of bees-wax, and 

 a pound of cow-dung boiled together. The second, which is 

 spread while warm on strips of coarse cotton, or strong paper, 

 and wrapped directly about the graft, answering at once to tie 

 and to protect it, is composed of equal parts of bees-wax, tur- 

 pentine, and resin. The grafting wax most commonly used 

 here is made of tallow, bees-wax, and resin, in equal parts, or, 

 as many prefer, with a little more tallow to render it pliable. 



Grafting wax is a much neater and more perfect protection 

 than grafting clay, but the trifling cost of the latter, where a 

 great deal of work is to be done, accounts for its greater use by 

 nurserymen, and gardeners generally. 



Budding. 



Budding (inoculating, of the old authors) differs from common 

 grafting not the least in its nature or effects. Every bud is a 

 distinct individual, capable of becoming a tree under favourable 



