THE STOCK CONTINUES TO GROW 



Its expansion is beginning to burst the raffia wrapping. After two or three weeks, when the 

 bud has "taken," the wrapping must be removed; if the stock is growing rapidly, it may- 

 have to be removed, or at least loosened, after ten days. In the case photographed, the 

 raffia should have been removed earlier; although some disfigurement is inevitable when 

 raffia is used. Photograph, much enlarged, by David Fairchild. (Fig. 14.) 



