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from the bud, and which would be in danger of be- 

 ing blown out, if not prevented ; but this must 

 continue no longer than one year, after which it 

 must be cut off close above the bud, that the stock 

 may be covered thereby. 



The time for inoculating, is, from the middle of 

 June until the middle of August, according to the 

 forwardness of the season, and the particular sorts 

 of trees to be propagated; but the time may be 

 easily known, by trying the buds, whether they 

 will come oft' well from the wood or not. How- 

 ever, the most general rule is, when you observe 

 the buds formed at the extremity of the same year's 

 shoots, which is a sign of their having finished their 

 Spring growth. 



The first sort commonly inoculated is the Apri- 

 cot, and the last the Orange-tree, which should 

 never be done until the middle of August ; and in 

 doing of this work, you should always make choice 

 of cloudy weather ; for if it be done in the middle 

 of the day, in very hot weather, the shoots will per- 

 spire so fast as to leave the buds destitute of mois- 

 ture ; nor should you take off the cuttings from 

 the tree long before they are used ; but if you are 

 obliged to fetch your cuttings from some distance, 

 as it often happens, cut oft" the leaves, but let all 

 the footstalks remain, then wrap the cuttings up in 

 wet moss, and put them in a tin box (carrying 

 them in a tin case with water being now disused) 

 to exclude the air j in this manner you may carry 



