SECT* VII. OF GRAFFING. f . 97 



knives made on purpose for budding with flat ivory 

 hafts. 



To procure proper buds, put your knife in (sup- 

 pose) about three fourths of an inch above the eye, 

 and with a slope downwards cut the cion half 

 through, then do it at the same distance below the 

 eye, and sloping it upwards cut up the middle of 

 the wood, till the knife meets the upper incision, 

 so the eye, or bud, will be directly in the middle. 



The next step is, to separate the wood from the 

 bark, which is to be done thus : with your nail, or 

 the point of a knife, loosen the bark at the top, and 

 strip it from the wood ; or rather with a swan or 

 large goose quill, made in the form of an apple scoop, 

 (having a regular smooth edge) push it down be- 

 tween the bark and wood, pressing it against the 

 wood. 



Examine the inside of the bark, and if there is 

 a cavity just behind the eye, or bud, it is good for 

 nothing, and another must be procured ; for the 

 cavity shews, that the root of the bud is with the 

 wood, instead of being with the bark. 



The leaf that grows by the eye is to be cut down 

 to near its footstalk, so as to leave only a little bit 

 of it to hold the bud by while inserting it in the 

 stock. 



See that the bark of the stock is loosened a pro- 

 per length and breadth, and if, when the bud is put 

 in, it should prove a little too long, cut the spare 

 part off; so that the top of the bud (being squared) 

 falls in strait with the cross out of the stock. Thus 

 fixed, bind it moderately tight in its place with the 

 ivet bass, beginning at the bottom, and passing by 

 the bud, go on to the top, or rather above it. Care 

 must be taken that the bud is not hurt, and it is to be 

 left only just starting out between the bass : This 

 is the mode of inoculation commonly used. 



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