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it is desired to prove a great many sorts, and the 

 number of trees is small. The operation is per- 

 formed in September. The bark upon the limb 

 which is to receive the bud is cut in the form of a 

 T, and the sides raised a little with the ivory of the 

 budding-knife, and the spur, its wood being pared 

 down very thin, is slid in, bound and waxed, to prevent 

 all access of air and moisture. The fruit produced 

 upon these spurs is said to be of extraordinary size. 



12. Inarching. Among the various plans which 

 are described by M. Thouin, is one for strengthen- 

 ing a tree by giving it the lielp of its neighbor. 

 The tree of which it is intended to make the scion 

 is bent over toward the one which it is to aid, so 

 as to determine where it is to be cut. This is then 

 done, and the part which is to be toward the tree 

 is sharpened as if for a whip-graft. At the point 

 where this is to be inserted in the main tree, a per- 

 pendicular cut is made, and an incision in the bark 

 below, to allow the wedge to enter easily. The 

 sharpened top of the smaller tree is then slid into 

 the place prepared for it, and bound firmly, to pre- 

 vent the wind from changing its position ; the 

 wound is then covered with wax. It is very im- 

 portant that the graft be well bound, that all moist- 

 ure be excluded. 



13. Greffe morceau. This is done with wood of 

 one or two years' growth, and the scion and stock 

 should be of the same diameter. The tree to 



