44 THE FOREST TREE CULTURIST. 
affixed, should be of nearly the same-size. Fig. 10 shows a 
stock and the ring of bark, with bud ready to be clasped 
around it. Second, it differs from the 
other mode of budding because it may 
be performed as readily in spring, when 
the bark first begins to peel, as at any 
other time, and is just as certain at that 
time as in summer, 
The other modes of budding may 
also be performed in spring, but not 
with so much certainty of success as 
insummer. Annular budding is not a 
common practice, because it is too 
tedious; yet it is an excellent method 
of propagation where only a few trees 
are to. be worked. Some of our forest 
= trees, especially the Chestnut, are read- 
ily budded in this manner, 
GRAFTING. 
Grafting is a very common mode of propagating » 
trees, and it should be—but is not—understood by 
every farmer in the land; for there is not one among 
them all who has not occasion to graft some fruit or 
forest tree every year of his life. Cleft grafting is the 
most common mode, and is chiefly employed when the 
stock is considerably larger than the graft. It is generally 
done in spring, just before the leaves push, or, in other 
words, just as the buds begin to swell, and is performed as 
follows, 
