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opening; then the whole should be clayed over, to prevent 

 the air from penetrating the slit, so as to destroy the grafts, 

 only leaving two eyes of the cions above the clay for shooting. 



The third method is termed whip, or tongue-grafting, 

 which is the most commonly practised of any by the Nursery- 

 men near London, especially for small stocks, because the 

 cions much sooner cover the stocks in this method than in any 

 other. 



This is performed by cutting off the head of the stocks 

 sloping ; then there must be a notch made in the slope toward 

 the upper part downward, a little more than half an inch deep, 

 to receive the cion, which must be cut with a slope upward, 

 and a slit made in this slope like a tongue, which tongue must 

 be inserted into the slit made in the slope of the stock, and the 

 cion must be placed on one side of the stock, so as that the 

 two rinds of both cion and stock may be equal and join to- 

 gether exactly ; then there should be a ligature of bass to fas- 

 ten the cion, so that it may not be 'easily displaced, and after- 

 wards clay it over as in the former methods. 



The fourth sort of grafting is termed, inarching, grafting 

 by approach, or ablactation. This is only to be performed 

 when the stocks that are designed to be grafted, and the tree 

 from which the graft is to be taken, stand so near together, as 

 that their branches may be united. It is commonly practised 

 on tender exotic plants, and some other sorts which do not suc- 

 ceed in any of the other methods. 



In performing this operation, a part of the stock or branch 

 must be slit off about two inches in length, observing always to 

 make choice of z smooth part of the stock ; then a small notch 

 should be made in this slit of the stock downward, in the same 

 manner as hath been directed for whip-grafting ; the branch of 

 the tree designed to be inarched should have a part slit off in 

 like manner as the stock, and a slit made upward in this so as 

 to leave a tongue, which tongue should be inserted into the slit 

 of the stock ; observing to join their rinds equally, that they 

 may unite well together ; then make a ligature of bass, to keep 

 them exacth' in their situation, and afterwards clay this part of 

 the stock over well, to keep out the air; in this method of graft- 

 ing, the cion is not separated from the tree until it is firmly 

 united with the stock, nor is the head of the stock, or branch, 

 which is grafted, cut off till this time, and only half the wood 

 pared off with a slope, about three inches in length, and the 

 same of the cion or graft. 



This method of grafting is not performed so early in the 

 season as the others •, it being done in the month of April, 



