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and New Hebrides Iflands, in the South fcas, and alfo of from the wood or not. The mod general rule is, whci 



Amboina. Forfter defcribes this as a' lofty tree, having a buds are found to be formed at the extremity of the . 



trunk as thick as a man's body, with a brown chinky bark, year's (hoots, which is a flgn of their having finiflied t: 



Brunches woody, fpreading, varioufly divided. Leaves ovate- vernal growth. The firft fort commonly inoculated is 



oblong, fearcely cordate, netted with abinidance of veins, apricot, and the lall that of the orange-tree, which fii 



Floivers dulky white, fearcely lialf an inch in length. From never be done until the middle of Auguil. 



Cook's lall voyage we learn, that the nuts of Iiwcarpus are !„ doing this fort of work, choice fhould be made cf 



called E—ifi. The kernel of thefe, which is kidney-lhaped, cloudy weather, as when done m the middle of the day, ir, 



and about an mch m diameter, is eaten roafted by the na- very hot weather,the {hoots perfpire fo fail as to leav.- thebu,'.., 



tives. It IS fweetiHi, but lefs pleafant than the chefnut, dellitute of moilhire ; nor fhould the cuttings be taken olf 



harder, and not io fannaceous. The bark is aftringent, from the trees long before they are ufed ; but if fetched from 



and ufed m the dyfentery. In New Gmnea, they fmear their fome diftance the leaves (hould be cut off, but all the foot- 



^"'TrT^i'ii^'iTT a^^-'ixT^'^^ rehnous juice. ftalks left, and then wrapped up in wet mofs. and put in a 



INOCULAT ING, in Gardening, the art or praflice of tin-box to exclude the adion of the external air upon them. 



mfertingthe buds of trees of the fame kind into their Hocks But tlie praftice of throwing cuttings fnto water is highly 



or other parts. It is a fort of grafting which is often had improper, as it faturates the buds fo with moifture, thnt 



recourfe to ui tlie lummer feafon for raihng different kinds thev have no attraftive force left to imbi'oe the fap of the 



of trees and plants, as it frequently fucceeds better tlian tiiat iioc'k, for want of which they very ofteH mifcarry, and dif- 



of the common method. It is ufually executed in the man- appoint the operator 



ner defcribed below. A fharp knife with a flat haft for the j, 5,^3 ^^^^ remarked by Mr. Forfvtli, that when the 



purpofe and proper cuttings of the trees defigned to be ^^,.^,.,„ ^,^,1, are grafted in the fpring have not taken! 



propagated being: provided, a choice (liould be made of a u u j r .1, ...■ .i_ /r 1 ■ 1 . 1 , '■"'^'="> 



r *^.i . f . u A 1 II- >-'=" y "'""': ""''■'c ui d he would advife the cutting them off a little below the eraft at 



fmooth part of the ftock which IS to be inoculated : five or • • . , j t-i . .1 .1 ^"cgaiLai. 



-\ joint or bud. The tree then throws out a great number of 



" except 



"" V'n'r^l'Cr't '"""' T'"" "'X "I'r "\ '"'^ "'"•■^' ^o prevent the wind from breaking them. About the^Iatt? 



as ant, about two mches in length, downwards end of .Tnlv the (hoots will be f^trn Jnnr,,!.^. wh;,-!, ,l,„,.l, 



gatea being provded a choice (hould be made of a ^^ ^^^^y ^j,.,f^ .^e cutting them off a little below the graft at 



. \ P=>';' °f ^l^ ft°=k which IS to be inoculated , five or , j„i„, „^ ^^j, ^he tree then throws out a great numbe- ~^ 



fix inches from the ground, where intended to be dwarf, but j^^^^ fl^^.^s ; all of which (hould be rubbed off, exc 



when for a ftandard at the height of f.ve and a halt or f^^x ^ J ,3 J^ f^^jg^;^,,, ,^ ^,, ^,^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ', ;•' 



feet ; and a horizontal cut made acrofs the rmd of the ftock, ,„ „,„,!, ,, „ . • , ,- „ u_, ■_ „._ ' . ■ „.» J,":,! 



from the middle of that cut, taking care not to go deeper 



end of July the fhoots will be fit to inoculate, which ibould 



Inn ;C, Tn> nf X h, I r V ft ""7" S" "^H" then be do.ie, leaving a little of the wood on the inllde of 

 than the thickncls of the bark, left the flock be wounded ; ,. , i „,, „., „„ :„f .f j ; . .1 ,. i i 1 1 ■ • r 

 then having the cutting in readinefs, the leaf fhould be cut off "^l^"'^ when nferted into the Hock, and nd^b.ng in feme 

 from the bud, leaving the foot-ftalk remaining, but taking off "^ ^'^ compofition tying on the bafs at the fame time, 

 the bud lengthways fomewhat longer than the flit in the Having grafted fome fummer bonchretiens with the ber- 

 ftock, with part of the wood adhering to it J which being S^""'' de Pafque (or^ Ealler bergamot; and pear d'Auch 

 done, flip the wood from the bark with the knife by means '" "^''e fpring, moil of which failed, he cut them off below 

 of a fudden jerk, obferving whether the eye of the bud be left '^e grafts, and in July following they had produced (hoots 

 or not, as fuch buds as lofe their eves in dripping are quite f'°"i ''^'"^ '° '""^ ^^^t long, which he inoculated in the latter 

 ■...''elefs : as foon as this has been done, the bark (lioiild be '^"'^ "^ "^^at month with the before-mentioned forts, which all 

 gently raifed on each (ide of the flit in the flock with the >°ok. About the beginning of September he ordered the 

 handle of the knife, and the bud inferted into it, being care- ^^'^"^^ '° ^^ flackened ; which being left too loofe, the barks 

 ful to place it fmootli between the rind and the woody part began to feparate. He then made them be tightened, letting 

 of the ftock, cutting oft' that part of the rind of the bud '^'-''" '"'^rna'" till the following fpring. About the beginning 

 which may happen to be too long for the flit : having thus °^ April, when he faw the buds begin to ftioot, he cut the 

 exadly fitted the bud to the ftock, they fhould be tied ^wts near to tlie buds ; but finding many where the bark 

 clofely round with wetted ftrong bafs, taking care not to ''ad not united, and fome of the eyes apparently dead, he 

 pafs any ligature round the eye of the bud, which mull ^^.°^ ^. "^^'P penknife and cut out all the decayed bark, rub- 

 always be left open and at liberty. In the courfe of three '^'"S '" '^"'"'^ "^ ^he compofition in a liquid ftate,. till the 

 weeks, or a month, the buds will require to be loofened hollow parts were filled up ; he then finoothed it off with 

 of the bandage, and which, if not executed in time, will be 'he finger even with the bark of the ftock. He alfo rubbed 

 highly injurious to them ; but they fhould not be wholly ^""^^ °' '''e compofition over thofe eyes that were in the 

 diveiled of tiie binding, it being proper to tie them again ^^'0''ft tta'e, being quite black, but with very little hope of 

 flightly, by which the bark of the ftock will be prevented recovery. " To his great aftonilhinent, many of thofe which 

 from becoming open, which fometimes takes place, and the kerned perfe^ly dead recovtred, and by the middle of July 

 bud is thereby greatly injured, if not wholly deftroyed. had (hoots from five to fix feet long (many of the fhoots 



There is nothing further required until the following "hich took well having fruit-buds formed for next year), 



March, when the ftock fhould be cut off about three inches ^'"^ covered a fpace of wall larger than a young tree would 



above the place of inoculation, floping it the contrary way have done in eight years ; all the cavities where he cut out 



to the bud. This length of ftock left is beneficial in faften- 'he dead bark and applied the compofition were, in the courfe 



ing the (hoot wliich fprings from the bud, and which might °^ 'he fummer, filled up with found wood, and the bark 



otherwifc be blown out by ftrong winds : in the autumn fol- between the ftocks and grafts perfcftly united, 

 lowing, however, it fliould be cut away quite dofe iuft «' Tiiree years ago he inoculated fome brown beiirres and 



above the bud, that the wounded part may the more readily crafanes with pear d'Auch, one of which now covers a wall 



become barked ovx;r. fixteen feet high and fifteen long, and has more fruit on it 



It may be noticed, that the moil proper feafon for this this year than a maiden tree would have produced twenty 



/ort of work .3, f-rom the middle of June until the middle years after planting." But he « never recommends inocii 



of Auguft, according to the forwardncfs of the feafon, and lating or grafting of old trees, except when bad forts, or 



the particular lorts of trees to be increafed ; but it may he more of any fort is wanted for a fupply • in that cafe he 



cafily kaown by trying whether the buds wiU come off weU would recommend to inoculate or graft with pear d'Auch, 



colmars. 



