506 Different Modes of Budding. 



this cross cut, a narrow strip of bark, three or four lines broad, 

 by 1 in. or \\ in. long, is taken away, terminating in a point at 

 the bottom. The eye should be situated about a third from the 

 top, and the stipules or other appendages that sometimes ac- 

 company the petiole, as well as prickles, &c, must be taken off 

 with caution. With the point of the grafting-knife, the wood 

 of the escutcheon is then taken out, leaving a small piece imme- 

 diately under the eye, and about a third of the length of the 

 escutcheon. The bud, thus prepared, is inserted in the stock, and 

 then tied as before. This mode of budding is that most gene- 

 rally used in European nurseries. 



4. Escutcheon Budding, with a growing Bud; Greffe en E'cus- 

 son avec un CEil poussant. — The escutcheon is cut and placed 

 in the same manner as by the preceding method ; but, as 

 soon as it is inserted, the head of the stock is cut off, and all 

 the buds that push from it, except that from the escutcheon, 

 are rubbed off as they appear. This mode of budding, when 

 done in the spring, has the great advantage of forcing the bud 

 to develope itself immediately, thus gaining a year. However, 

 it sometimes happens that, if the bud does not take, the sap of 

 the stock not being able to find a channel, from all the shoots 

 being rubbed off" as they appear, the stock, or at least a great 

 part of its length, dies of repletion. When done in the month 

 of August, this mode of budding seldom succeeds, because the 

 young shoot, not having time to ripen, perishes with the frost, 

 and often causes the death of the stock. 



5. Escutcheon Budding, with a dormant Bud; Greffe en E'cus- 

 son avec un (Eil dormant. — This mode is similar to the pre- 

 ceding; but it is performed in August, and nothing is cut away 

 from the stock till the following spring, in order to prevent the 

 developement of the bud before that season. Though longer 

 before it takes effect, this mode of budding is more certain to 

 succeed than the preceding method. It has also the merit of 

 not hurting the stock, if it does not take. The inhabitants of 

 Vitry, who carry on the greatest commerce in fruit trees in the 

 neighbourhood of Paris, use it almost exclusively. This mode 

 is that generally used in the British nurseries. 



6. Escutcheon Budding, without the Wood ; Greffe en E'cusson 

 denue de Bois. — According to this mode, all the wood is taken 

 away except a speck immediately under the bud ; to the life 

 of which bud, however, that speck is essential. The rest of the 

 process is as usual. Besides being very suitable for orange 

 trees, this mode of budding is used for all trees having hard 

 wood, such as myrtles, hollies, and all analogous species, whe- 

 ther indigenous or exotic. It can be done either with the grow- 

 ing; bud or dormant bud, 



7. Escutcheon Budding, with Pincers ; Greffe en Ecusson a 



