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forma, the new tree the fame year, in a fmall 

 growth of two, three, or four branches. 



By budding, or inoculating buds of young; 

 flioots into the fides of the ilcm, many trees, 

 SiC. are alfo propagated j but, as obferved of 

 the grafting, is more particularly pradifed in 

 raifing feveral forts of choicer fruit-trees, as 

 peaches, nedarines, aprjcots, likewift: cher-* 

 ries, plums, pears; and occafionaiiy in pro- 

 pagating fome particular varieties of curious 

 Ihrubs and trees, which do not fucceed by 

 other methods of propagation ; and is per- 

 formed in Summer, in July and beginning of 

 Augult, with buds cut from the fides of young 

 ilioots of the year, of fuch trees and flirubs as 

 are intended to be propagated, and inferted 

 into a flit in the Hqq of the ftem or ftock of 

 other young trees of the fame family or 

 kindred, the head not cut off till the Spring 

 folJowing, inferting the bud either low in the 

 ftock for dwarf trees, and at three, four, to 

 five or fix feet, for half and full ilandards, as 

 obferved of the grafting. The bud unites 

 with the (lock the fime year, but remaining 

 dormant till next Spring, about March, when 

 the head of the Ilock being cut off near to, or 

 two or three inches above the infertion of the 

 bud, this then pulhes forth in one ftrong 

 ihoor, advancing from one to two or three 

 feet long, or more, by the end of Summer, 

 and forms the new tree. 



Generally obferve, in the operations of 



grafting or budding, that the flocks in which 



the grafts and buds are to be inferted, muft 



R 2 be 



