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Stock, there rnuft be great Care 

 taken to join the Rind of the Cion 

 to that of the Stock ; for if thefe do 

 not unite, the Grafts will not fuc- 

 ceed : when this Method of Graft- 

 ing is ufed to Stocks which are not 

 itrong, it will be proper to make a 

 Ligature of Bafs, to prevent the Slit 

 of the Stock from opening ; then 

 the Whole mould be clayed over, to 

 prevent the Air from penetrating 

 the Slit fo as to deftroy the Grafts; 

 cn!y leaving two Eyes of the Cions 

 above the Clay for (hooting. 



Tne third Method is termed Whip 

 or Tongue - grafting, which is the 

 moil commonly practifcd of any by 

 the Nurfery-men near London, efpe- 

 cia!ly for fmali Stocks ; becaufe the 

 Cions much fooner cover the Stocks 

 in this Method, than in any other. 



This is performed by cutting off 

 the Head of the Stocks Hoping ; 

 then there muft 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 mult be cut with a Slope up- 

 ward, and a Slit made in this Slope 

 like a Tonoue ; which Tongue muft 

 be inlerted into the Slit made in the 

 Slope of the Stock ; and the Cion 

 mull be placed on one Side of the 

 Stock, fo as that the two Rinct> of 

 both Cion and Stock may be equal, 

 and join together exactly ; then there 

 fhould be a Ligature of Bafs to fallen 

 the Cion, fo as that it may not be 

 eafilv displaced ; and afterward clay 

 it over, as in the former Methods. 



The fourth Sort of Grafting is 

 termed Inarching-grafting, by Ap- 

 proach or Ablactation. This is only 

 to be performed when the Stocks, 

 which are deiign'd to be grafted, and 

 the Tree from which the Graft is to 

 be taken, ftand fo near together, or 

 may be brought fo near each other, as 

 that their Branches may be united to- 



gether : this Method of Grafting is 

 commonly praclifedon tender Exntic 

 Plants, and lb me other Sorts which 

 do not fucceed in any of the other 

 Methods, as was before obferved. 



In performing of this Operation, 

 a Part of the Stuck or Branch muft 

 be cut off about two Inches in 

 Length, obferving always to make 

 choice of a fmooth Part of the 

 Stock ; then a fiuall Notch mould be 

 made in the Stock downward, in the 

 fame manner as hath been directed 

 for Whip grafting ; then the Branch 

 of the Tree defigned to be inarched 

 mould have a Part cut off in the like 

 manner as the Stock, and a Slit 

 made upward in this, fo as to leave 

 a Tongue ; which Tongue mould be 

 inferted into the Slit of the Stock, 

 obferving to join their Rinds equally, 

 that they may unite well together : 

 then make a Ligature of Bafs, to 

 keep them exactly in their Situation ; 

 and afterward clay this Part of the 

 Stock over well, to keep out the 

 Air : in this Method of Grafting, the 

 Cion is not feparated 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 

 fame of the Cion or Graft. 



This Method of Grafting is not 

 performed fo early in the Seafon, as 

 thofe of the other, it being done in 

 the Month of April, when the Sap is 

 flowing; at which time the Cion and 

 Stock will join together, and unite 

 much fooner than at any other Sea- 

 fon. 



The Walnut, Fig, and Mulberry, 

 will take, by this Method of Graft- 

 ing ; but neither of thefe will fuc- 

 ceed in any of the other Methods: 

 there are alfo feveral Sorts of Ever- 

 greens, which may be propagated by 

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