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halfe round, the figures of both which are marked with the letters C,D. with your 
knife cutthebarke of the bud (halting firft cut off theleafe, leaning onely thefhort 
foote ftaikethercofatthebud)about aflrawes breadth aboue the eye thereof halfe 
round, and then from that round or ouerthwart cut , with your knife cut it downe on 
both fides of the eye, clofetothebud flopewile about an inch long or thereabouts, 
that it bee broad at the head aboue the eye, and pointing at the end like a fheild or 
fcutcheon ; and then cutting away the reft of the barke from about it , with the thin ne 
fiat end of the haft of yOur knife raii'e vp both tides of your bud a little, and with your 
quill or bone put vnder the barke, raife your budde, and thruft it quite off, beginning 
at the toppe or head of your ey c ; but fee that you thruft it off clofe to the wood of the 
branch or fprigge, and that you doe not leaue the eye of the budde behinde flicking 
vpon the branch; for if that eye be left or loft, your bud is worth nothing; you muft 
caftitaway, andcuranotbcrthat may hauethateyeabiding within the budde on the 
intide : you may perceiue if that eye be wanting, if you fee an emptie hole in the place 
where the eye fhould be,to fill it vp on the infide thereof ; thus hauing taken Off your 
bud well and deanly,which is fet forth vnto you at the figures 3 and 4. prefently fet it 
on the tree you would graft (for your fmall bud can abide no delay, left by taking the 
ayretoolong it becomedry, and nothing worth) inthis manner: Cutthc barke of 
your tree you would graft in a fmooth place, at what height you pleafe , firft aboue or 
ouerthwart, and then downe right in the middle thereof, more then an inch long, the 
figure whereof you fhallhaue at the figure i.and then raife vp both tides of the barke, 
firftone, and then another, with the flat and thinne haft end ofyour knife, a prettie 
way inwards (for if the barke will not rife eafily , the ftocke is not then fitto graft vp- 
on) put in your budde into the cleft with the point downewards, holding the ftalke of 
theleafe that is with the budde betweene your fingers of the one hand, and opening 
the cleft with the flat end of your knife with the other hand , that the head ofyour 
bud may be put clofe vnder the ouerthwart cut in the ftocke or trec( which muft not be 
raifed or (lined as the fidesare)& the eye of the bud ftand iuft in the middle of the flit 
that is downeright, and then doling the barke ofthe ftocke or tree foftly vnto the bud 
thus put in with your fingers , let it be bound gently with a fmall long peeceof bade, 
or other fuch like foft thing, firft aboue the eye,& then compaffing it belowe as clofe at 
you can, but not too hard in any cafe,vntil you haue bound it all ouer the flit you made, 
cfpccially the lower end, left any windegetintodryand fpoileit ; and hauingtyed 
both ends thereof faft, leaue it fo for a fornight or fomewhat more , in which fpace it 
will take and hold, if it be well done, which you (hall perceiue, if the bud abide green, 
and turne not blacke, when you haue vnloofed the tying ; for if it hold faft to the tree, 
and be frefhand good.tye itvp gentlyagaine, andfo leaue it for a fortnight longer, 
ora monechifyou will, and thettyou may takeaway your binding cleane : this budde 
wi!i(ifno other mifchance happen vnto it) fpring and fhoote forth thcneXt yeare, 
(and fometimes the fame yeare, but that is feIdome)and therefore in the beginning of 
the yeare, cutoff the head of the grafted tree about an handfull aboue the grafted 
place, vnt ill the graft be grovvne ftrong, and then cut it off clofe, that the head may be 
couered withthegraft,anddoenot fufferany buds to fproutbefidesthc graft, either 
aboue or belowe it. Ifyougraftdiuersbudsvponone ftocke (which is the beft way) 
let that onely remaine and abidethatfhootethbeft forth, and rubbe off, or take away 
the other : the feuerall parts of this grafting I haue caufed to be exprefled for your fur- 
therinformation. 
5. Grafting in the fcutcheon is accounted another kinde of grafting, and differeth 
verie little from grafting in the budde : the difference chiefly confifteth in this,thatin 
{lead of the downe right flit, and that aboue ouerthwart , they take away iuft fo much 
barke ofthe great tree, as your bud isin bigneffe, which vfually is a little larger then 
the former, and placing it therein, they binde it asformerlyis faid: fomcvfe for this 
purpofcapaircofcompaflcs, togiuethe true meafiirc both of bud and ftocke; this 
manner of grafting is moftvfed vpon greater trees, whofe young branches are too 
high to graft vpon in the former maner, and whofe tops they cut off (for the mod part) 
at the latter end of thenext yeare after the bud is taken : both thefewaies were inuen- 
ted to faue the lofle of trees, which are more endangered by grafting in the ftocke,' 
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