A N 



EXPLANATION 



Of the different 

 ENGRAVED REPRESENTATIONS 



O F 



GRAFTING, BUDDING and INOCULATING, 



FOR THE 



Clearer Underftanding the Manner of performing thefe 

 Curious and Ufeful Parts of Gardening, fo as with 

 Eafe to lead them into Practice. 



I. Rind or Shoulder Grafting. 



II. Whip or Tongue Grafting. 



III. Cleft Grafting. 



IV. Grafting by Approach. 



V. Inoculation. 



VI. Directions for Pruning. 



Rijtd or Shoulder Graftings for the Manner of performing 

 it, fee Page xvii. 



N° I.rTT^HE Cion as prepared for Shoulder-grafting, 

 JL when the Stock is to have the Bark laid open 

 as in Inoculation. — a h, the length of the floping Cut 

 made on the Cion, to the length of two Inches. — ^, 

 the fhoulder given the Cion, which is to reft on the 

 Stock, to prevent its defcending deeper than neceffary. 



II. The Cion as cut for Shoulder-grafting, when the 

 Operation is to be performed after the manner of 

 Whip-grafting. — c d, the length of the Cut to be 

 made on the Cion, which is to be about two inches. 

 — e, the Tongue raifed on the Cion, which is to fall 

 into a Catch, raifed for the purpofe on the Stock ; 

 this Tongue is to have the Cut made floping to the 

 Shoulder of the Cion. 



Inoculation i 



