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The manner of doing it is to form the scion 

 as for the common whip graft, and then, with- 

 out taking off the head of the stock, cut from 

 the clearest part of its stem an equal splice, 

 smoothly as possible, so as to be fit 'to receive 

 the graft ; let them not by any means be 

 tongued, but immediately tied in a neat, and 

 firm manner with matting, being previously 

 well fitted together: they must be clayed in 

 the manner of a graft. 



In either way they are done, they will again 

 require the aid of a hot-bed, and if according to 

 the latter method, they must be plunged so as 

 to be covered with cap-glasses until they are 

 united, and begin to grow ; as soon as the union 

 is perfect, the top of the stock is to be cut 

 cleanly away, and the plants treated as cut- 

 tings, by shading them, &c. until they are fit 

 to remove to the green-house. In this manner 

 may be done any number of dwarfs that are 

 wanted, but those large, high-stemmed trees, 

 which we so much admire, are imported an- 

 nually from Italy or some other of the southern 

 countries of Europe ; as we cannot so easily 

 grow the stock to that size in our northern 

 climate. 



