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being turned outward. The casting of the machine 

 was made of German silver, to prevent the oxidation 

 which would be produced by iron. This cylinder 

 was made to revolve but one of these grooves at a 

 time, by means of a lever on the top, which locked 

 into a notch at every move, bringing the bud toward 

 the exterior groove in the machine, when the stock 

 ■was clasped. These clasps were India-rubber, wdiich 

 opened when pushed against the stock, and clasped 

 it when it entered the groove. There was a knife 

 that cut the top incision of the T, which worked by 

 a spring from behind. An erect shaft held a plough- 

 shaped knife, which cuts the perpendicular incision 

 of the T and opens the bark. The lower end of 

 the bud fitted behind the plough, and was pushed 

 down so as to leave the bud under the bark by 

 means of a rod which followed; the plough-knife 

 then sprang out, and back into its original place. 

 It is kept against the stock by a spring which works 

 against a lever in the interior of the machine. The 

 placing of buds by means of it was much more 

 rapidly performed than it could be by hand, and its 

 execution was beautiful, at the same time that it 

 was hard for the operator. The fault of the ma- 

 chine was that it was not sufficiently automatic. 



20. Grafting for immediate fruiting. When a new 

 seedling promises well through its general growth, 

 it is exceedingly desirable that some method be used, 

 if possible, to determine, in a shorter time than 



