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half a wine-glass of raw linseed oil, scraping off the superfluous wax 

 with a dull knife after cooling. 



The bud-wood should be near the stock to ensure no time being lost 

 between the taking off of the bud and its insertion in the stock. 



Practical Directions. 



Let the piece of bark containing the bui in the centre be three in- 

 ches long and about f in. wide, and as near as possible, rectangular in 

 shape. 



With a sharp pointed knife run two parallel lines, one on each side 

 of the bu ', b ginning at a point 1^ inches above and continuing down 

 to a point 2^ inches below the bud, drawing the two lines closer to- 

 gether as the knife approaches the lower point, (this allows an inch or 

 so for laying hold of the bud to pull it away fr.jm the wood, and being 

 bruised, this must be carefully cut away bef re the bud is insert d), 

 taking care to cut quite through the bark into the wood ; join the two 

 upper points with a short straight cut and, with the edge of the knife 

 sloping upwards join the two lines at a point about a quarter of an inch 

 from the end, i.-., 2\ inches below the bud, now rauke a similar 

 cut just below this and prize out the small piece of bark be- 

 tween Having done this, insert the thin ivory handle of a bud- 

 ding knife, lever up to the end of the piece of bark, slip the 

 handle un ler and grip the bark between it and the thumb, and pull 

 steadily in the direction of an angle of 45° with the bud-wood until the 

 bud comes out ; now cut off the bruised part that was held between the 

 knife handle and the thumb and place the end lightly on the stock at 

 a point where the diameter of the branch is a litt'e less than that of 

 the bud-wood, run a pencil liwe along each of the four side-* of the bud, 

 remove it again, cut through the bark along the lines, and pick out the 

 bark with the point of the knife, taking care not to injure the 

 delicate cambium below. The piece of bark containing the bud may 

 now be let into the space made for it and firmly tied, using two pieces 

 of tape, one for the part below the actual bud (tying this first) and 

 one for that above, beginning with the middle of the piece of tape at 

 the bud and crossing it behind, finishing bottom and top. In two 

 weeks the union will have been effected and in four to five weeks the 

 shoot from the bud will be from six to eight inches long, and if all 

 the shoots that spring from the stock be carefully kept off, the new 

 plant should bear in a year. 



