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taper, and quite thin at the end ; which knife and haft 

 is to be ufed as hereafter diredled ; and alfo provide fome 

 new bafs mat for bandages; .and let this, before you ufe 

 'it, be foaked in water. 



In the next place, you are to provide a parcel of cut- 

 tings of the refpeftive trees from which you intend to 

 take the buds : thefe cuttings mull be Ihoots of the fame 

 fummer's growth, and mull be cut from fuch trees as 

 are in health, bear well, and Ihoot freely, minding to 

 choofe fuch Ihoots as have llrength, and are free in their 

 growth, but not luxuriant. 



Having your cuttings, knife, bafs, and every thing 

 ready, then proceed in the followihg manner: 



With the above knife, make a crofs cut in the rind of 

 the iloclc, minding to make the cut no deeper than the 

 bark; then from the middle of the crofs cut, let another 

 be made downward, about two inches in length, fo that 

 the two cuts together form a T. . 



Then get one of your cuttings, or Ihoots, and take off 

 the bud in this manner. 



You are to begin towards the lower, or biggeft end of 

 the ihoot ; and, in the tirll place, cut off all the leaves 

 from the faid Ihoot, obferving to leave the foot-ftalks of 

 them remaining; then, about an inch below the lower 

 bud or eye, make a crofs cut in the Ihoot, almoil half 

 way through, with the knife llanting upward; and with 

 a clean cut, bring it out about half an inch above the 

 eye or bud, detaching the bud with part of the bark and 

 wood thereto. Then immediately let that part of the 

 wood which was taken off with the bud, be feparated 

 from the bark, which mull remain with the bud ; and 

 this is readily done with your knife, placing the point of 

 it between the bark and wood at one end, and fo pull 

 off the v/oody part, which v/ill readily part from the 

 bark; then quickly examine the infide, to Tee if the eye 

 of the bj! J be left ; for if there appear a fniall hole, the 

 eye is gone with the woo^., and is therefore ulelefs : take 

 another; but if there be no hole the bud is good, and 

 is to be immediately inferted in the Hock ; obferving, 

 for the reception af the bud, to raife gently, with the 

 haft cf your knife, the bark of the Hock, downwards, 

 on each fide, from the crofs cut, and diredlly thruft the 

 bud genfly in between the bark and wood, placing it as 

 fmooih as poliible.; obferving, if the bud be too long for 



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