BUDDING. 



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is rapid ; wliile the wound on the stock is speedily covered by a 

 new layer of bark from that part of the scion which stands 

 astride it. 



Grafting clay is prepared 

 by mixing one third horse- 

 dung free from straw, and 

 two thirds clay, or clayey 

 loam, with a little hair, like 

 that used in plaster, to pre- 

 vent its cracking. Beat and 

 temper it for two or three 

 days, until it is thoroughly 

 incorporated. When used, 

 it should be of such a con- 

 sistency as to be easily put 

 on and shaped with the 

 hands. 



Grafting wax of excel- 

 lent quality we have made '■J 

 by melting together three |' 

 parts of bees-w^ax, three I 

 parts of rosin and two parts • 

 tallow. While yet warm 

 it may be worked with the 

 aid of a little w^ater, like 

 shoemaker's wax, by the 

 hand. The common graft- 

 ing w^ax of the French 

 gardeners is of two kinds. 



Fig. 6. Saddle grafting large stocks. 



The first, is melted and laid on with 

 a brush in a fluid state, and is made of half a pound of pitch, 

 half a pound of bees-wax, and a pound of cow-dung boiled to- 

 gether. The second, which is spread while w^arm on strips of 

 coarse cotton, or strong paper, and wrapped directly about the 

 graft, answering at once to tie and to protect it, is composed of 

 equal parts of bees-wax, turpentine and resin. The gi'afting wax 

 most commonly used here is made of tallow, bees-wax, and resin, 

 in equal parts, or, as many prefer, with a little more tallow to 

 render it pliable. 



Grafting wax is a much neater and more perfect protection 

 than grafting clay, but the trifling cost of the latter, where a 

 great deal of work is to be done, accounts for its greater use by 

 nurserymen, and gardeners generally. 



Budding. 



Budding {inoculating^ of the old authors) differs from common 

 grafting not the least in its nature or effects. Every bud is a 

 distinct individual, capable of becoming a tree under favourable 



