OF GRAFTING AND BUDDING. 269 



1. Grafting in the rind, called also shoulder- 

 grafting; which is only proper for large trees: 

 this is called crown-grafting, because the grafts 

 are set in form of a circle, or crow^n; and it is 

 generally performed about the latter end of March, 

 or the beginning of April. 



2. Cleft-grafting, which is also called stock, or 

 slit-grafting; this is proper for trees or stocks of a 

 lesser size, from an inch to two inches, or more, 

 diameter : this grafting is to be performed in the 

 months of February and March, and supplies the 

 failure of the escutcheon way, which is practised in 

 June, July, and August. 



8. Whip-grafting, which is also called tongue- 

 grafling ; this is proper for small stocks of an inch, 

 half an inch, or less diameter ; it is the most 

 effectual way of any, and is most in use. 



4. Grafting by approach, or ablactation : this is 

 practised when the stock that you would graft on, 

 and the tree from which you take your graft, stand 

 so near together, that they may be joined ; and 

 should be performed in the month of April. This 

 method, which is also called inarching, is chiefly 

 used for Jasmines, Oranges, and other tender exotic 

 trees. 



We come next to the manner of performing the 

 several methods of grafting. 



The first, which is termed rind, or shoulder- 

 grafting, is seldom practised but on large trees, 

 where either the head or the large branches are 

 cut off horizontally, and two or more cions put in, 



