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BUDDING. 
the slit, as shown in fig. 1, in which d 
shows the cuts made in the stock, e 
the bud inserted, and f the bast mat 
applied. Niche budding is when 
the wood is retained in the bud, as 
shown in fig. 2, in which g is the 
prepared stock; c the bud turned 
to show the wood, and a 6 the bud 
applied, which should afterwards | 
be bound with bast mat, as before. 
In placing the bud on the stock in 
niche-budding, the principal thing 
to be attended to is, to bring the 
horizontal edges of the base of the 
niche in the stock, and those of the 
bud, which is to fit into it, into the 
most perfect contact possible ; be- 
cause the union is produced, not as 
in common summer budding, by the 
junction of the soft wood of the 
stock with the rudiment of the soft 
wood on the inside of the bark of 
the bud, but by the junction of soft 
Fig. 3—French Budding. 
will always succeéd best, when the 
niche in the stock is made where 
there is already a bud, (as shown at 
g,) making the horizontal cut through 
the base of the padi 
Figs. 3 to 6, show an improved 
mode of budding, which has been 
lately found in France to be re- 
markably successful. The bud is 
prepared in the usual manner, except 
that both ends of the shield are cut 
square across, as at ad, in fig.3. On 
the stock the bark is cut horizontally, 
and vertically to a smaller extent, as 
indicated at b. This being done, 
the right hand of the operator applies 
the thin flat point, or spatula, of the 
handle of the budding-knife on one 
side of the incision, and passes it 
through to the other side; the strap 
of bark is then torn down, as shown 
at c, in fig.4, the thumb being placed 
on the upper part of it, so as to hold 
it firm against the blade of the 
budding-knife, while with the left 
hand the bud or shield is inserted 
in its place. This being done, the 
shield is cut across, so as to fit ex- 
actly to the bark of the stock at its 
upper part; and, next, a portion is 
cut off the raised bark, so as to re- 
duce it to such a length as will bring 
it exactly up to the lower side of the 
bud, as shown at d, in fig. 5. The 
bud is then tied, as shown at e, in 
jig. 63; but with the petiole of a leaf 
included in the upper part of the tie, 
the leaf suspended from whichserves ~ 
to shield the bud from the sun. By 
this mode of budding, the soft wood 
is less injured than by the common 
mode, in which it is always more or 
less scratched by the blade of the 
budding-knife, and is sometimes re- 
moved altogether ; when, of course, 
the bud has no éHelnee of success. 
This mode of budding is particularly 
adapted for thin-barked shrubs, and 
more especially for roses. 
Another mode is called annular 
wood with soft wood, as in common flute-budding ; ; in which a branch 
grafting. This ‘inode of budding | or shoot is chosen on the tree which 
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