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from sound, plump, young shoots of such trees 

 as have a tree growth, and are in a state of bear- 

 ing. The operation should be performed about 

 August, upon stocks of the ?anie kinds and va- 

 rieties, the buds being inserted from six to ten 

 or more inches from the bottom, Hi proper 

 parts of the stocks, and only one bud in each. See 

 Budding. 



After this has been done, the plants should be 

 removed into the green-house, frame, or old tan 

 hot-bed, in order to guard them from wet, and 

 promote the inosculation of the vessels, and the 

 healing of the parts ; due shade and air being oc- 

 casionally given ; and h hen the union is perfectly 

 accomplished, the ligatures removed, to permit 

 the swelling of the plants without injury. 



There is nothing; more necessary than the ap- 

 plication of proper supplies of moisture and air, 

 with suitable protection from rain. 



When the heads of the stocks have been re- 

 moved in the early part of the following spring, 

 the buds begin to shoot with vigour, especially 

 where the aid of a tan hot-bed can be had re- 

 course to. The plants should now be enured 

 by degrees to the full air, for the latter part of the 

 summer, and in the autumn and winter have 

 the protection of a green-house. 



Method of raising by Inarching, when this 

 mode is employed, which is now but seldom, 

 as the budding practice is much more conve- 

 nient. 



In this method, the young shoots of the trees 

 raised in the above modes, which are nearly of 

 the same size as the stocks, should be inarched 

 with them in the early spring months, being so 

 bent and connected with the trees, as to consti- 

 tute a sort of arch. In the latter end of summer 

 they are mostly in a state to be taken off from 

 the parent tree. See Inarching. 



By this mode, the trees may be raised to a 

 bearing state in a short time, as the young bear- 

 ing branches may be made use of for the pur- 

 pose, by which a new bearing tree is at once 

 produced. 



And different sorts may be connected, and 

 produced on the same tree. But the trees 

 furnished in this way are never so beautiful as 

 those procured by that of budding. 



Method of Culture in trained Trees: In order 

 to have trees of this sort at once, it is the cus- 

 tom to purchase such as are brought from Italy, 

 &c. in chests in the spring. They are of ^liffer- 

 ent sizes, and, when properly managed, pro- 

 duce as good trees in two years, as those raised 

 in the above modes can in a great many. 



In choosing these trees, those which shoot 

 the most vigorously are mostly of the Citron or 

 Shaddock kind ; as the Orange rarely grows 



with such luxuriance. The last, therefore, as 

 being more valuable, should be attended to. 

 And as some are only furnished with one bud, 

 while others have two, the latter should be pre? 

 ferred, as thty will produce the most regular- 

 headed plants.' 



These trees, after having had their roots 

 cleaned, trimmed, and well soaked in water 

 for some time, as well as the stems and branches 

 cleaned, should be planted separately in tubs or 

 pots of suitable sizes, filled with earth of the same. 

 sort as mentioned above, watering them at the 

 time, and plunging them in the tan-bed of the 

 stove to the tops of the pots, &c. They should 

 continue in this situation some time, and be well 

 watered, both at the bottom and over the heads, 

 shade being given when necessary, and a due 

 proportion of air when they begin to shoot in 

 the heads. These should likewise be cut oc- 

 casionally, in order to induce them to throw out 

 lateral branches, and form full handsome heads, 

 air being now more freely admitted, to render 

 the plants hardy, and capable of being pre- 

 served in the green-house during the following 

 winter ; being managed as other plants of the 

 exotic green-house sort. 



Metliod of Management in all the Sorts. As 

 these trees require to be moved into different 

 situations, it is mostly proper to have them in 

 pots or large tubs; and where there are suitable 

 glass frames for protecting them in winter, a few 

 may be planted out against walls, which have 

 flues that can be heated as there may be occa- 

 sion. None of the sorts can be preserved in the 

 open air only during a few of the summer 

 months. The management in which eases is 

 that of placing them in some warm public situa- 

 tion, at first washing their heads well, to re- 

 move dust or other substances, supplying them 

 frequently with a little water when the season is 

 hot, and preserving the moisture in the earth 

 of the pots, by covering it with new cut short 

 grass. 



When they are removed to the green-house, 

 on the approach of the autumn or winter, thev 

 should be deposited in a regular order ; the 

 largest to the back parts ; proper supplies of air 

 and water beinggiven when the weather is suitable, 

 and due protection provided against frost. It is 

 occasionally necessary to water them over head, to 

 remove all sorts of insects and other substances 

 that may be upon their leaves, when all the de- 

 cayed parts should be wholly removed. 



Whenever the earth in the pots or tubs begins 

 to bind or become stiff, it should be loosened to 

 the depth of a few inches, and in the spring it 

 is useful to remove a little of the surface, re- 

 placing it by such as is fresh. 



