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Different Modes of Budding. 



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half from the upper part of the T: this incision 

 should penetrate the bark to the thickness of nearly 

 a line, or so as to reach the soft wood. This mode 

 of budding succeeds not only on resinous trees, 

 but also on all those that have a gummy and very 

 abundant sap, 



1 1 . Covered Budding ; Greffe en E'cusson con- 

 vert. (Jig. 50.) — The bud is prepared as usual; 

 but, when it is inserted in the stock, instead of a 

 ligature, the lines of junction are covered with 

 grafting-wax : a piece of bark is then taken from 

 another tree, and, a small hole being made in the middle of 

 it, it is placed on the escutcheon, so as to cover the 

 whole of it except the bud, which appears through 

 the hole, as in the figure. A bandage is then put 

 over the bark to keep the whole together. This 

 mode of budding is rather too intricate for ordi- 

 nary purposes ; but it may be worth adopting for 

 rare and delicate trees. 



1 2. Budding xvitli a square Escutcheon ; Greffe en 

 E'cusson carre. (Jig. 51.) — Three incisions are made 

 in the stock, one transversal, and the two others 



longitudinal) beginning on each side of the horizontal one, and 

 descending perpendicularly four or five 

 lines. They are to be four or five lines 

 apart, and to represent a long square, 

 the bottom line of which is wanting. 

 This square strip or plate is raised and 

 turned down, as in the figure. A square 

 escutcheon, provided with a good eye, is 

 then cut from a branch of the tree which 

 is to be propagated, exactly of the same 

 size as the plate stripped down the stock ; and it is applied to 

 the incision, which it must cover with the greatest exactness. 

 This being done, the plate of bark, which was hanging down 

 on the stock, is raised, and the escutcheon covered up to the eye; 

 the line of junction is then coated with grafting-wax, and the 

 whole is tied like other buds. It appears that this mode of bud- 

 32 ding was much used formerly, and that it succeeded 



perfectly : but, as it is rather tedious in the exe- 

 cution, it is now seldom employed. 



13. Escutcheon Buddings with a Portion of Ter- 

 minal Buds ', Greffe en E'cusson par Portion d' Yeux 

 terminaux. (fg* 52.) — A piece, measuring six or 

 eight lines in length, cut from the top of a branch, is 

 split in two, dividing the terminal bud exactly in the 

 middle. An incision is then made in the stock in 

 the form of a T, and the half bud is inserted into it 



