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til they have taken new Root ; after 

 which time they muft be plentifully 

 watered ; and in hot Weather the 

 Glaffes of the Hot-bed mould be 

 raifed every Day, to admit frefli Air 

 to the Plants, to prevent their being 

 drawn up too weak. At Michaelmas 

 thefe Plants muft be removed into 

 the Stove, and plunged into the Tan 

 in the warmeftPart of the Bed. Du- 

 ring the Winter-feafon thefe Plants 

 muft be kept very warm, and they 

 muft be frequently refrefhed with 

 Water ; but it muft not be given to 

 them in too large Quantities in cold 

 Weather : in the Summer they muft 

 be plentifully watered ; and in hot 

 Weather they mould have a large 

 Share of frefti Air, by opening of 

 the Glaffes of the Stove ; but they 

 muft not be removed out of the 

 Stove ; for they are too tender to 

 endure the open Air of this Coun- 

 try, in the warmed Part of the Year. 

 When the Plants have filled the Pots 

 with their Roots, they mould be 

 tranfplanted into larger, and their 

 Roots mould be then carefully trim- 

 med. With this Management the 

 Plants will thrive, and in a few Years 

 produce Flowers ; fo will add to the 

 Variety amongit other tender Exotic 

 Plants. 



INOCULATING, or Budding. 

 This is commonly pracliled upon all 

 Sorts of Stone-fruit ; in particular, 

 fuch as Peaches, Nectarines, Cher- 

 ries, Plums, tzfc. as alfo upon Oran- 

 ges and Jafmines; and is preferable 

 to any Sort of Grafting for moil 

 Sorts of Fruit. The Method of per- 

 forming it is as follows : You muft 

 be provided with a fharp Penknife, 

 having a flat Haft (the Ufe of which 

 is to raife the Bark of the Stock, to 

 admit the Bud), and fome found 

 Bafs-mat, which mould be foaked 

 jo Water, lo increafe its Strength, 

 and make it more pliable ; then 



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having taken off the Cuttings from; 

 the Trees you would propagate, you 

 mould choofe a fmooth Part of the 

 Stock about five or fix Inches above 

 the Surface of the Ground, if de- 

 figned for Dwarfs ; but if for Stand- 

 ards, they mould be budded fix 

 Feet above-ground : then with your 

 Knife make an horizontal Cut crofs 

 the Rind of the Stock, and from the 

 Middle of that Cut make a Slit 

 downward about two Inches in 

 Length, fo that it may be in the 

 Form of a T : but you muft be care- 

 ful not to cut too deep, left you 

 wound the Stock : then having cut 

 off the Leaf from the Bud, leaving 

 the Footftalk remaining, you mould 

 make a crofs Cut about half an Inch 

 below the Eye, and with your Knife 

 flit off the Bud, with Part of the 

 Wood to it, in form of an Efcut- 

 cheon : this done, you muft with 

 your Knife pull off that Part of the 

 Wood which was taken with the 

 Bud, obferving whether the Eye of 

 the Bud be left to it, or not (for all 

 thofe Buds which lofe their Eyes in 

 ftripping, mould be thrown away, 

 being good for nothing) : then hav- 

 ing gently raifed the Bark of the 

 Stock with the flat Haft of your 

 Penknife clear to the Wood, you 

 fliould thruft the Bud therein, ob- 

 ferving to place it fmooth between 

 the Rind and the Wood of the 

 Stock, cutting off any Part of the 

 Rind belonging to the Bud, which 

 may be too long for the Slit made in 

 the Stock ; and fo having exa<5lly_ 

 fitted the Bud to the Stock, you 

 muft tie them clcfely round with 

 Bafs-mat, beginning at the Under-? 

 part of the Slit, and fo proceed to 

 the Top, taking care that you do 

 not bind round the Eye of the Bud, 

 which mould be left open. 



When your Buds have been ino- 

 culated three Weeks, or a Month, 



