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Grafts, letting it reft until it be well taken, and then you 
may unite it, for the fame reafon with the former. 
Another manner of Grafting to be performed only upon fuch Trees , 
which for the mofl part are too big to Cleave and Graft in the 
Cleft. 
T He way c.f it is, firft to cut off the Head of your Tree 
you would graft at a convenient height for heading,not 
very low, if it exceed the thicknefs of a man’s Arm, then 
pare the top of it fmooth 3 then prepare your Grafts, cutting 
them only on one fide with a Hope cut about an inch or more 
in length, and then taking off a little of the Bark, only on 
the other fide, and if your Grafts are any thing gole or thick, 
you may cut them with a fhoulder on that fide which is to be 
placed'next the Wood, which is that fide which is cut moft, 
and then with a wedge of Iron, or of hard wood made of 
the ftiape of your Grafts that are to be let on your Tree, or 
rather an inftrument of the ftiape expreffed in the foregoing 
Plate, the turning end of it which is to make way for your 
Graft to be made and fafhioned after the form of your Graft 
as it its cut, the fide of it, that is to go next the wood flat, 
being the fore-part of it, the other a very little round, rather 
inclining to flat,let it want fomething of a quarter of an inch 
in thicknefs, in the thickeft or upper part, except you make 
it a pretty deal longer than you need,to drive in to make way 
for your CyonHaving your Cyons ready, you fhall firft 
with your Knife make a little fhallow cut or fmall fcratch, 
that the Bark may the better yield or give way without break¬ 
ing afimder, and then juft againftyour cut or fcratch on the 
Bark, you are gently to drive in your Inftrument between 
the Wood and the Bark of fuch a depth as may make way for 
your Graft, then beat out your Inftrument, and thruft in 
your Graft as low or deep as it is cut, and when you have 
put in as many Grafts as you think convenient, you muftlay 
a fufficient quantity of well-tempered Clay, to keep put wind 
