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GRfiEK AUTB BTZASTTIirXl 

 HISTORY. 



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HISTORY OF THE BYZAN- 

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 Br GEORGE FINLAY, ESQ., Athens. 



By the same Author. 



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THE TREE ROSE. — PRAC- 

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Contents : 



Annual prunins time, principle of execution, 

 S:c. 



Binding up 



Budding knife , .. , ^ . . 



Budding, time of year, day, time of day, state 

 of thej)lant, care of buds 



Budding ui^on body 



Bud, insertion of, into stock 



Bud, preparation of, for use 



Buds, dormant and pushing 



Buds, failing 



Buds, securing a supply of 



Caterpillars, slugs, and snails, to destroy 



Causes of success 



Dormant buds, theory of replanting with, ex- 

 plained 



Guards against wind 



Labelling 



Loosing ligatures 



Mar(!h pruning 



Mixture for healing wounds 



Planting out, arrangement of trees, &c. 



Pruning for transplantation 



Pushing eye, spring treatment of dwarf shoots 

 from , . , 



Roses, different sorts on the same stock 



Roses, short list of desirable sorts for budding 

 with a pushing eye 



Sap-bud, treatment of 



Shape of trees 



Shoots and buds, choice of 



Shoots for budding upon, and their arrange- 



Shoots, keeping even, and removing thorns 



Shortening wild shoots 



Stocks, planting out for budding upon; the 

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 trimming roots, sending a distance, shorten- 

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GRAFTING. 



Aphides, to keep down 



Free-growers, remarks on 



Graft, binding up and finishing 



Grafting, advantage of 



Grafting, disadvantage of 



Operation in different months 



Preliminary observation^! 



Roses, catalogue and brief description of a few 



sorts 

 Scion, preparation and insertion of 

 Scions, choice and arrangement of 

 Stock, preparation of 



APPENDIX. 



A selection of varieties 



Comparison between budding and grafting. 



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