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the diameter of tlie stock, for example those of the service- 

 tree or of tlie chestnut (A), they will not be properly held in 

 the incision unless it is made in the form of a cross, which is 

 made with two cuts of the knife, instead of the T form : the. 

 upper part of the bark belonging to the bud is slipped into 

 the upper part of the incision (B), and is there held fast in a 

 firm manner, which could not be secured by the ordinary 

 process. The bandage is applied, beginning either at the 



Inverted T Biicl&ing. 



middle of the incision (C), and finishing at both ends, or 

 beginning at the top, and taking care to close the bark well. 



Budding with a Reversed Incision. ■ 

 TVTien the sap of the stock is in excess, as with maples in 

 cold districts or with orange-trees in warm ones, there is 

 danger of the superabundant fluid smothering the bud. lliis 

 is counteracted by making the incision in the bark of the 

 stock upside down (J_ instead of T). In the incision (A) the 

 insertion of the graft -bud (B) is made from below upwards 



