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halfe round, the figures of both which are marked with the letters C, D, with your 

 knife cut the barke of the bud (hauing tirlt cut off the leafe, leauing onely the fhort 

 foote-ftalke thereof at the bud) about a ftrawes breadth aboue the eye thereof halfe 

 round, and then from that round or ouerthwart cut, with your knife cut it downe on 

 both fides of the eye, clofe to the bud flopewife about an inch long or thereabouts, 

 that it bee broad at the head aboue the eye, and pointing at the end like a fhcild or 

 fcutcheon ; and then cutting away the reft of the barke from about it, with the thinne 

 rlat end of the haft of your knife raife vp both fides of your bud a little, and with your 

 quill or bone put vnder the barke, raife your budde, and thrurt it quite off, beginning 

 at the toppe or head of your eye ; but fee that you thruft it off clofe to the wood of the 

 branch or fpriggc, and that you doe not leaue the eye of the budde behinde fticking 

 vpon the branch; for if that eye be left or loft, your bud is worth nothing; you muft 

 call it away, and cut another that may haue that eye abiding within the budde on the 

 infide : you may perceiue if that eye be wanting, if you fee an emptie hole in the place 

 where the eye ihould be, to fill it vp on the infide thereof; thus hauing taken off your 

 bud well and cleanly, which is fet forth vnto you at the figures 3 and 4. prefently fet it 

 on the tree you would graft (for your fmall budde can abide no delay, left by taking the 

 ayre too long it become dry, and nothing worth) in this manner : Cut the barke of 

 your tree you would graft in a fmooth place, at what height you pleafe, firft aboue or 

 ouerthwart, and then downe right in the middle thereof, more then an inch long, the 

 figure whereof you (hall haue at the figure i . and then raife vp both fides of the barke, 

 firft one, and then another, with the flat and thinne haft end of your knife, a prettie 

 way inwards (for if the barke will not rife eafily, the rtocke is not then fit to graft vp- 

 on) put in your budde into the cleft with the point downewards, holding the ftalke of 

 the leafe that is with the budde betweene your fingers of the one hand, and opening 

 the cleft with the flat end of your knife with the other hand, that the head of your 

 bud may be put clofe vnder the ouerthwart cut in the ftocke or tree (which muft not be 

 raifed or ftirred as the fides are) & the eye of the bud ftand iuft in the middle of the flit 

 that is downeright, and then doling the barke of the ftocke or tree foftly vnto the bud 

 thus put in with your fingers, let it be bound gently with a fmall long peece of bafte, 

 or other fuch like loft thing, firft aboue the eye, & then comparting it belowe as clofe as 

 you can, but not too hard in any cafe, vntil you haue bound it all ouer the flit you made, 

 efpecially the lower end, left any winde get in to dry and fpoile it ; and hauing tyed 

 both ends thereof laft, leaue it fo for a fortnight or fomewhat more, in which fpace it 

 will take and hold, if it be well done, which you (hall perceiue, if the bud abide green, 

 and turne not blacke, when you haue vnloofed the tying ; for if it hold faft to the tree, 

 and be frelh and good, tye it vp gently againe, and fo leaue it for a fortnight longer, 

 or a moneth if you will, and then you may take away your binding cleane : this budde 

 will (if no other mifchance happen vnto it) fpring and fhoote forth the next yeare, 

 (and fometimes the fame yeare, but that is feldome) and therefore in the beginning of 

 the yeare, cut off the head of the grafted tree about an handfull aboue the grafted 

 place, vntill the graft be growne ftrong, and then cut it off clofe, that the head may be 

 couered with the graft, and doe not fuffer any buds to fprout befides the graft, either 

 aboue or belowe it. If you graft diuers buds vpon one ftocke (which is the beft way) 

 let that onely remaine and abide that (hooteth beft forth, and rubbe off, or take away 

 the other : the feuerall parts of this grafting I haue caufed to be expreffed for your fur- 

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5. Grafting in the fcutcheon is accounted another kinde of grafting, and differeth 

 verie little from grafting in the budde : the difference chiefly confifteth in this, that in 

 rtead of the downe right flit, and that aboue ouerthwart, they take away iuft fo much 

 barke of the great tree, as your budde is in bignefle, which vfually is a little larger then 

 the former, and placing it therein, they binde it as formerly is faid : fome vfe for this 

 purpofe a paire of compafles, to giue the true meafure both of bud and ftocke ; this 

 manner of grafting is moft vfed vpon greater trees, whofe young branches are too 

 high to graft vpon in the former maner, and whofe tops they cut off (for the moft part) 

 at the latter end of the next yeare after the bud is taken : both thefe waies were inuen- 

 ted to faue the lofle of trees, which are more endangered by grafting in the ftocke, 



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