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BUDDING. 
and the stem is twining without | 
tendrils. ‘The names of Black and | 
White Bryony allude to the colour 
of the skin covering the roots, which 
in one species black and in the 
other white. ‘The root of the White 
Bryony may easily be made to grow 
in any shape that may be wished by 
placing it when young im an earthen- 
ware mould. ‘This curious property 
was formerly frequently taken ad- 
vantage of by designing people, who | 
having thus ebtained roots of frightful | 
forms, showed them for money as | 
natural curiosities. 
Bucx-eEYE.—The American name 
for the smooth-fruited horse-chest- 
nut. See Pa'via. 
Buckier Mustarp.—See Biscu- 
T ELLA. 
BucktTuorn.—See Rua’mnus. | 
Buppinc is an operation for | 
propagating ligneous plants, as a | 
substitute, in particular cases, for 
grafting, or other modes of propa- 
gation. In floriculture, it is more 
particularly used for propagating | 
select species of roses. The time 
of performing the operation is from | 
July to September ; and the mode 
is as follows:—The first thing to be 
done is to select a young shoot of 
the current year, from which the 
bud is to be taken, and a stock of | 
one or of several years’ growth, into 
which the bud is to be inserted. 
The bud is cut out with a portion | 
of the bark, and the wood attached 
above and below the footstalk of a_ 
leaf, in the axil of which leaf the | 
bud is situated. To do this, a sharp | 
penknife or budding-knife is inserted | 
in the shoot, about three-fourths of 
an inch below the bud, and passed 
up beneath the bud to about half an 
inch above it ; the bud, with the bark 
and wood to which it is attached, is | 
then held in the left hand, and with 
the knife in the right hand the thin 
film of weod is quickly picked out, | 
leaving the bud attached to a piece | 
of bark, technically called the shield. | 
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BUDDING. 
A slit is then made im the back of 
the stock, about one-third of an inch 
in length, and a transverse cut is 
made within one-fourth of an inch 
of the upper part of the longitudinal 
slit. The bark is opened on both 
sides of the longitudinal slit by means 
of a thin flat piece of bone or ivory; 
or, in Nursery practice, with the end 
of the handle of the knife, which 
is made thin on purpose. The bud 
is now inserted in its natural position, 
with the bud looking upwards, and a 
portion of the upper part of the bark 
to which the bud is attached is cut 
across, so as to fit to the transverse 
cut which was formed in the stock. 
The bud is made fast in its situation 
by tying it with a strand or ribbon 
of bast matting. This being done 
in summer or autumn, the matting 
Fig. 1—Common or Shield Budding 
remains on for a month or six weeks, 
according to circumstances, till the 
back of the bud shows, by its healthy 
appearance, that a vital union has 
taken place. The matting may now 
be loosened, and in a week or two 
Fig. 2.—Niche Budding. 
altogether removed. By another 
mode, differing a little from the 
above, the cut across is made below 
