Different Modes of Budding, 



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I. Budding. Greffes par Gemmes. 



1 . Escutcheon Budding, without a Bud or Eye ; Greffe en 

 E'cusson sans Yeux. {Jig. 44.) — The object of this mode of bud- 



44 ding is simply to cover a wound or blemish in one 

 | ~"\ j tree by the live bark of another. Take from a tree 



of the same sort, or at least of the same genus, as 

 the wounded tree, a piece of bark rather larger than 

 the wound, and form it into a regular shape; then 

 cut the bark round the wound into the exact form 

 and dimensions of the piece to be inserted, so that 

 the latter may be let into the former with the greatest 

 exactness. The inner bark of the graft and that of 

 the stock being fitted so as to joint perfectly all round, and the 

 shield closely adhering to the tree in every part, it is kept on 

 by a ligature; and the edges of the wound are covered with 

 grafting-wax or clay. It is a remarkable fact, which some are, 

 perhaps, not aware of, that the wood formed under a piece of 

 bark inserted in this manner, even though that bark be with- 

 out a bud or eye, will be the wood of the tree from which the 

 shield was taken. In this way several different kinds of wood 

 might be formed on one tree, without introducing a single leaf 

 belonging to those different woods. The portion of wood intro- 

 duced will always be limited in diameter to the size of the portion 

 of bark put on. 



2. Budding with a Bud or Eye, and a circular Escutcheon / 

 Greffe en E'cusson par Inoculation. {Jig. 45.) — With the point 



45 °f a grafting-knife, or rather with that of a penknife, 

 * cut a small bud out of the tree to be propagated, 



Cw leaving a narrow rim of bark round it, and taking, 



at the same time, a portion of the wood, which is 



retained. A hole is made in the stock, of the same 



size as the bud and its rim, and of a depth equal to 



the length of the piece of wood left on. The whole 



is adjusted so that the bud, with its bark and wood, 



fills up the wound exactly ; and the edges are then 



covered with grafting-wax. This mode of budding is employed 



to equalise the flower-buds over a tree, by removing some, from 



where there are too many, to those parts 



of the tree where there are too few. 



3. Escutcheon Budding with Wood un- 

 der the Bark ; Greffe en E'cusson boise. 

 {Jg. 46.) — To procure the escutcheon, a 

 deep and transversal incision is made above 

 a healthy and vigorous bud ; then, by 

 withdrawing the blade of the grafting- 

 knife, and entering it rather higher than 

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