Feb.] T H E N u R s E Pv Y, 9^ 



General Obfern}atio7ts of performing the Work, 



Thera are feveral methods of grafting, but we Hiall 

 only take notice of three or four, which .ire pradifed with 

 the gi-eateft fuccefs, fiich as Whip-grafting, Cleft-graft- 

 ing, Crown-grafting, and Grafting by Approach or 

 Inarching. 



Previous to grafting, you muH: be provided with a pro- 

 per grafting knife ; a quantity of flrong bafs-ftrings for 

 t)andages, to tie the flocks and grafts iirinly together; 

 and fome well-wrought clay, to clay them round over the 

 tying, to fecure them from the air and wet. 



Obferve, that the ftocks intended to be grafted, mufl, 

 previous to the infertion of the graft, be headed down ; 

 which, if intended for dwarf trees, for walls or efpaliers, 

 mult be headed pretty low, /. e, within five or fix inches 

 of the ground; but if for flandards, they may either be 

 headed at five or fix feet high ; or may be headed as Low 

 as direded for dwarfs, and fo train up one ilrong fhoot 

 from the graft for a ftem, till it is five or fix feet high ; 

 then topped or cut off at that height, to caufe it to throw 

 out branches to form the head. 



Firf by IVhip-grafiing. 



Tills kind of grafting, which is praiElifed with the 

 greatefl fuccefs, is generally performed upon fmall ilocks ; 

 that is, the flocks for this purpofe Ihould be about from 

 a quarter or one third of an inch to half an inch, or near 

 an inch in diameter: but we commonly prefer fuch fmall 

 flocks as are nearly equal in fize with the grafts ; and the 

 method of .performing the work is this. 



Have your cions, or grafts, &:c. ready, then begin the 

 work^^by cutting off the head of the flock at a convenient 

 keiglu, according. to rules above hinted ; this done, fix upon 

 a fniooth part oF the flock, where headed off, and there pare 

 off the rind with a little of the wood in a Hoping manner 

 upwards, about an inch, or near an inch and an half in 

 length ; tlien, having the cions cut into lengths of four or 

 five eyes each, prepare one to fit the llock, as above, by 

 cutting it alio in a iloping manner, fo as to exaftly fit the 

 cut p»irt of the llock, as if cut from the fame place, that 

 the rinds of both may join in every part; tlien cut a flit 

 or tongue, about half an inch in length upwards in the 

 F 2 cion. 



