THE CULTURE OF PLANTS 



Reserve one fourth of this squair piece of bark 

 of the stock untaken off at the upper end, which 

 must be raised, that the shield may slide up be- 

 twixt the same and the stock, and so bind it gently, 

 as before. 



The time for inoculation is, when the sap is most 

 in the stock, namely from June till August ; near 

 a month after unbind, i.e. cut through binding and 

 bark, with a gentle slit on the back side of the stock 

 leaving the binding to fall away of its own accords, 

 at which time you will see which holds. In March 

 following cut off the head of the stock four inches 

 above the bud, and at that time twelve months, the 

 stub too, that it may heal over the wound. You 

 may prune as graffes, and pull up suckers, &c. See 

 Chap. IV. for more. 



Choise your buds from good bearers, as before ; 

 take them from the strong and well grown shoots 

 of the same year, and from the biggest end of the 

 same ; and if you must carry them far, first cut off 

 their leaves and top of the stalks, and wrap them 

 in moist leaves or grass. 



This much at present in general, for the time and 

 manner of the several wayes of propagation. 



In planting all plants, prune their roots, that is, 

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