48 BUDDING. 



which, except for small stocks, is generally found 

 best and most certain of success. 



It is hardly necessary here to 

 mention that propagation by graft- 

 ing and by cuttings is to be per- 

 formed early in spring before the 

 buds swell ;* and that the grafts or 

 cuttings may be cut late in autumn 

 or at any time during winter, pro- 

 vided the natural moisture is pre- 

 served until they are used. A con- 

 Fig, i. Fig 2. venient mode of thus preserving 

 them, is to wrap or imbed them in damp, not wet, 

 moss; or bury them in a box, beneath the surface 

 of a dry spot of earth, the box to be open down- 

 wards, and the grafts to be kept from contact with 

 the earth by sticks across the inside of the box. 



IV. BUDDING, t 



This is performed by introducing the bud of one 

 tree, with a portion of bark and a little wood adher- 

 ing to it, beneath the bark of another tree, and 

 upon the face of the newly forming wood. It is to 

 be performed while the stock is in a state of vigor- 

 ous growth. An incision is made lengthwise 



* Grafts, if kept in a cold place, in a dormant state, till the 

 leaves of the stock are expanded, may generally be inserted 

 with success, if of the apple and pear. Cuttings are used at 

 various seasons of the year, in hot-house culture. 



f Sometimes termed " Inoculating." 



