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off, open the bark without bruising it, (the handle 

 of a budding knife is the best instrument,) then 

 cut a slice of your scion the length of the inci- 

 sion on the branch, nearly the same as described 

 in. whip-grafting ; run the scion down between 

 the rind and the wood, placing the wood of the 

 scion against the wood of the stock, then bind 

 it tight round with strong matting, and put clay 

 round it the same as directed in whip-grafting ; 

 when this method of grafting was more in prac- 

 tice, many would make a shoulder in the scion, 

 to rest it on the shoulder of the stock ; but this 

 I think unnecessary, as the two woods would not 

 gencler without the bark, and there would be no 

 bark on the crown of the branch or stock : three 

 or four scions may be put on one large crown ; 

 but this method of grafting is by no means to be 

 recommended, for the winds are so apt to blow 

 them out, and if the bodies of the trees were 

 sound and worth grafting, and the branches were 

 too strong for whip-grafting, it would be far 

 better to cut them down nearly to the stem of 

 the tree, and the following year they would 

 throw out fine young wood for whip-grafting, and 



