Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-05-27

u MEssFa. FDtfoHa-I viii tatfifIy vii
!" your request, aud give you my experiences q
Buddiufiatld Grating. promising sothe gene
Z raj olIsefvatiohs OH The subject, | am EN-
h%elioned IN doing this, ffotn The frequent ap
II p~lichilon lur instruction on tho subject
i Grating, or Migrating, by Tho ancient wrt
tore Oh huabAndry, was termed ]iatigiot, i
: distinguish II from incubation, or budding
9 which they called tnsarsre ofufos. II la
4 been praeiiced from retnste antiquity. Tho
. ophrsstus, who lived more than two thoisan'
3 years ago, thus gives tie his views Of its efi
gin, A bird dropped d fruit into the cavity
] Of a iseayed tree, where, mixing with rattet
: bark, and watared by The iainH, II buhdea ans
afew, aud produced within tliia tree, Of a diff
! farrnt kind. instances II u Hi,ntlsr nature
/ are not Of uncommon oeenrentenco IN tht
} forest af the fesent day, That led to ref
, tain reflections, says our author. which result
) cd h grating. pliny, 1t would seem, makes il
an affair Of accidental occurrence, A husband.
man made a palieade IN his grounds, and that il
might by strengthened, Intervene at the bot.
tom Of the phlIeade, trunks al IVY /; the stakes
of the paliHade took root, ~ became Migrated
into tho trunkH. and ptndurea trees. Tho
tfutl, probably In, that BY thu accumulation of
number Of facts, certain reflections were
awakened, when all that was wanting, war
an application Of them 10 practical purposes,
which Waa depbtlerH made. as is The casa
with inoat AL great discoveries and ihvehz
tons, by several. about The came time. The
rnbieet has moi been considered beneath the
investigation Of intellectual men Of every age,
A Bacon thought himself not unwofthily OH.
tagp,l, IN notwithstanding some Of itB laws. II
Ia frequently treated Of IN the many excellent
Agricultural periodicals 1T the present day.
There are many different kinds Of budding,
and grating, whereby tbe Same object may
be accomplished, They arc adapted, or cup
puued to br, TO particular seaHnns hhd to par
~ticular trees or rtockH all doubtless have
their advocates, 1t may mol bt hnparilnbt#
10 ennmarHtr the kinds, or nainnH, Of tho difa
Iereft prorcERcR Of grating. M laid down ny
writefH. The first tH termed Whip-graltltEi
Cd. Glen. grating. This ia the form most
commonly practieed the top Of The tree If to.
ken of=the stuinp 10 aplit-wedged shaped
eelsns arc inserted-stronn l~iaatures applied,
and over that n composition OF clay. I'd
Cfoun. grating ith, Side. grating 9th, Sad"
DECORATING 9th, lsoot.grafting. 7th Sum.
mer. grating 9th.-=. first pfaetieod and
invented BY ]. T. Winaatc. Of Maine. Out
Of all this number. | seldom or novcr practice
any other than n modification Ut this last one.
\ VIII ftibNHNW w hbEtttt1 80 az" - 49,
without one, give It a nBme. All the
varieties are p%omewhat deRcftbed by their
names. To the i]npuifing mind ! would
recommend. for further particulars to this eub-
jent, that standard work, Fesgcaden'e Farm
ere Library, vol. |, EnBtun. Under almost
as many heada ae there are v%arletien, are cnu.
merated the " toola and materlaIa' hsce5Has
nv to perform either oil theaa operations,
with half a page devoted 10 the best prepare.
ton of the composition called 'Eraltthg.tlay.
The beginner Of att undertaking is eften dis.
couraged by eomp|eSlty ot appearance, hnd
d~eepaira, m tedioun, if not ltopaiaeF, OF wiat'
if altnplitiei. he would have pursued with plea
cure furthermore, It may be remarked that
as wo approach simplicity IN any art, SO
we approach nearer to peflrttl1g IT. Sfrafl=
ing may be defined tho transferring Of n scion,
from ono tree 10 another tree, making u tree
similar 10 the one from which the seton was
taken. There are some objections 10 THIS re"
mark, ia ita fulieRt extent but still 1t may
be said To bc an axiom that " the scion ovefru-
teth tho graft quite, the stock being. passive
onlv.n inortilation or budding differs from
grating in this respect the bud or embryo
il used. There are many species and varle.
ties @ fthie prectsp, also. TfowIn enumeratoa
10 less than twenty three, But one OF tbs
number liz iIngeneral uae, aud there is a d't.
ference OF opiuion rs to the proper way ut
performing it. II is called Shleld.buddlng
or from the ineisions IN the bark, more prop
erly T-huddjng, AZ most Of my remarks will
be founded on this process, grating ms well
AZ budding, | must beg further indulgence,
if proliy. II il performed thus: Select mn
even surface of the stock, rather from than
towards tho sun; if for a common shaped
L.. "A .i.,..1 .z.ati "a, ,,,r tia frr,ttid
AS convenient if for dwarf, higher up if
for o~spalier or frame, from four TO SIX feet II
to preserve the original shape ola we'll grown
tree, in each main branch, with your pocket
knifr. we'll sherpened, male a horizontal lncision
from n few lines to halfa an inch or more in length.
quite through the bark to the wood from the
middle of this make a perpendicular incision,
from one to one inch and a half according to
the size of the stock, quite through the bark
also with tho edge of the blade, carefully
elevate the lips of the ineision, beginning at
the upper par part, without passing the knife
under the bark, but spring it open, MS 1t were,
by pressing the edges a little outwards II
your buds are valuable, having but few and
the tree ia near at hand from which you bud,
step to it, and with your knife, placed from a
quarter TO half an inch above the bud, care
fully pass it down between the bark and the
wood, until you get half an inch below the bud;
withdraw the knife, place your lett hand above
the bud, with the fore finger on the right
side. the thumb on the left side OF the bud,
~seperasc with the knife, take it to the stock,
elevate the edges of the inclsion with the
knife blade. insert il, and slide it down to the
lowest point of the iueision. You need not
be at the trouble OF examining to see ii there
IS wood in it. as il will take with or without
il the best way, however, is to take a
as little as possible. 1t you take the que
from a scion, as YOU will do generally, hold
the scion in YOUR left hand, with the thick END
f0tprrds YOU, as nature would present NJ )
take the bud off, as described, and insert 1t,
with a wollen yarn-for it is soft, elastic
and convenient, and withal an excellent pro-
lection from within and from without-begin
at the lowest part of the perpendicular IN
cision, ard wrap moderately tight, upwards,
until the whole wound is covered leaving the
point of the bud only visible. When a week
has passed, ifthe bud looks green, or OF It's
natural color, it has taken il the ilgature is
now found too tight from the rapid growth
of the stock, loosen it. When it shows signs
;, of veretating, take off part of the wood above
and as it grows, continue to prune all on
gradually exchanging the old for new WOOD
Previous to this, it is proper TO remove the
strinr some six inches above the bud, to sup.
aert the stem in its green state, until the
- wood natures. The advantages are many, o
being able TO transfer the richest and choices
flowers. as we'll as the finest and most lus
cious fruits, by this tiny process. Compared
: with the other processes OF the ingenuity o
man, it has Sf nv distinguishing eSeellencies
, II vau h.va SS5y buds. bv distributing them