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In this manner they are to re- 

 main about four Months, in which 

 Time they will be lufficiently uni- 

 ted i and the Graft may then be 

 cut from the Mother-Tree, obfer- 

 ving to flope it off dole to the 

 Stock : And if at this Time you 

 cover the join'd Parts with frefh 

 Grafting Clay, it will be of great 

 Service to the Graft. 



This Operation is always per- 

 form'd in April or May, that the 

 Graft may unite with the Stock 

 before the fuccecding Winter, and 

 is commonly praftis'd upon Oran- 

 ges, Myrtles, Jajmims, Wall-Kuts, 

 Firs, Tines, and feveral other Trees, 

 which will not fucceed by com- 

 mon Grafting or Budding. But 

 altho' I have mention'd Orange- 

 Trees amongft the reft, yet I would 

 by no means advife this Pradice 

 where the Trees are defign'd to 

 grow large, which, in this Me- 

 thod, they rarely ever will doj 

 and it is chiefly praftis'd upon 

 thofe Trees only as a Curiolity, 

 to have a young Plant with Fruit 

 upon it, in a Year or two from 

 Seed, by inarching a bearing Branch 

 into a young Stock, whereby it is 

 effed-ed: yet thefe Plants are fel- 

 dom long-liv'd. 



INDIGO J -vide Anil. 



INOCULATING, or Budding:. 

 This is commonly praftis'd upon 

 all Sorts of Stone Fruit j in parti- 

 cular, fuch as Teaches, NeBar'mes, 

 Cherries, Plumbs, Sec. as alfo upon 

 Oranges and Jafmines, and is pre- 

 ferable to any Sort of Grafting for 

 moft Sorts of Fruit. The Method 

 of performing it is as follows i You 

 muft be provided with a fharp Pen- 

 knife, having a flat Haft (the Ufe 

 of which is to raife the Bark of 

 the Stock, to admit the Bud) and 

 fome found Bafs-mat, which H-ould 

 be foak'd in Water, to increafc its 



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Strength, and make it more pl/a- 

 blej then having tak^ii off the 

 Cuttings from the Trees you would 

 propagate, you fhould chufe a 

 fmooth Part of the Stock about 

 five or fix Inches above the Sur- 

 face of the Ground, if defign'd for 

 Dwarfs j but if for Standards, they 

 fhould be budded fix Feet above 

 Ground : Then with your Knife 

 make an Horizontal Cut crofs the 

 Rind of the Stock, and from the 

 Middle of that Cut make a Slit 

 downwards about two Inches in 

 Length, fb that it may be in the 

 Form of a T : but you rauft be 

 careful not to cut too deep, left 

 you wound the Stock: Then ha- 

 ving cut off the Leaf from the Bud, 

 leaving the Foot-ftalk remaining, 

 you fhould make a crofs Cut about 

 half an Inch below the Eye, and 

 with your Knife flit oft' the Bud, 

 with Part of the Wood to it, in 

 Form of an Efcutcheon : This done, 

 you muft with your Knife pull off 

 that Part of the Wood which was 

 taken with the Bud, obferving 

 whether the Eye of the Bud be 

 left to it, or not; (for all thofe 

 Buds which lofe their Eyes in ftrip- 

 ping, fhould be thrown away, be- 

 ing good for norhing :) Then ha- 

 ving gently rais'd the Bark of the 

 Stock with the flat Haft of your 

 Penknife clear to the Wood, you 

 fliould thruft the Bud therein, ob- 

 ferving to place it finooth be- 

 tween the Rind and the Wood of 

 the Stock, cutting off any part of 

 the Rind belonging to the Bud, 

 which may be too long for the 

 Slit made in the Stock, and fb ha- 

 ving exa6tly fitted the Bud to the 

 Stock, you muft tie them clofely 

 round with Bafs-mat, beginning at 

 the under-part of the Slit, and fb 

 proceed to the Top, taking Cire 

 that you do not bind round the 

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