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Rind grafting is also sometimes practised, but is more uncer- 

 tain than the former, as the swelling of the stock is very apt to 

 force the scion out. This mode must be practised when the bark 

 peels easily, or separates with ease from the wood. The top of 

 the stock must be cut off square, and the bark cut through from 

 the top about an inch downward. The point of the knife can 

 then be inserted at the top, and the bark peeled back, as in fig. 9. 

 It is desirable as before, that a bud should be left on the other 

 side of the stock, opposite this opening : and the French prefer, 

 also, to have a bud left on the outside of the part of the scion 

 which is inserted. The scion should be cut out and sloped flat 

 on one side, as in fig. 11 ; then inserted in the stock between the 

 bark and wood, as in fig. 10, and bound with mat-strings, or strips 

 of grafting cloth. 



The French have another mode of grafting stocks about the 

 size of a quill, or the little finger. It is done by placing the knife 

 about two inches below a bud which is just on the point of start- 

 ing, and cutting half way through the stock, and two inches 

 down, as in fig. 3. The scion is then placed in the lower part of 

 this cavity, in the same manner as with cleft grafting. This 

 mode is called Aspirant, from the bud above the incision which 

 continues to draw up the sap, until the development of the scion. 

 When the scion has grown about two inches, the top of the stock 

 is cut off and covered with grafting wax. This mode is not 

 always successful, as the sap leaves the side of the stock which 

 has been partly cut away and passes up the other side. 



The French have also a mode of grafting, which they call par 

 incrustation, and which is performed in the spring, as soon as 

 the leaf-buds appear. A scion with a bud adhering to the wood 

 is cut in a sort of oval shape, as in fig. 5, and inserted in a cavity 

 made of the same shape, and just below an eye which has com- 

 menced growing, fig. 4. It is then bound around with matting, 

 as in budding. This is a sort of spring budding, with rather 

 more wood attached to the bud, than in summer budding. It is 

 very successfully practised by various cultivators in the vicinity 

 of Paris. There is still another mode sometimes practised in 



