BUDDING. 137 BUL DING. 
is to be propagated, as thick as, or | shoot, as it grows, should be slight- 
thicker than, the stock in which the | ly tied to the portion of stock left on 
bud is to be inserted. A ring of | above the bud, in order to prevent 
bark including a bud is then cut off | it from being injured by high winds. 
from the br of the shrub which | The second year this portion of the 
is to be p ated, and detached stock may be cut off close to the 
by splitting it longitudinally on one bud. 
side. A similar ring of bark is then 
detached from the stock, and the 
former inserted in its place, and 
tied on with matting. This mode 
of budding is found particularly 
suitable for all trees or shrubs hay- 
ing thick bark. There are many 
other kinds of budding, but these are 
in the most general use. 
Fig. 6.—French Budéding. 
Buds may be inserted in stocks 
at a few inches from the ground: 
in which case, the plants produced 
are called dwarfs; or in straight 
stems at four, five, or six feet from 
the ground: in which case the 
plants produced are called stand- 
Fiss. 4 and 5,—French Budding. ards. The latter is the most com- 
mon mode of budding Roses and 
It sometimes happens in the case | Orange trees ; but other shrubs and 
of roses, that the bud will produce trees of rare or ornamental kinds 
a shoot the same season in which it are commonly budded within a foot, 
has been inserted; but it more fre- or a few inches from the ground. 
quently remains dormant till the | Sometimes buds of several kinds 
following spring. At this period are inserted in the same stock ; and 
the stock should be cut over a few sometimes buds are inserted in 
inches above the bud; and the | branches in different parts of a tree, 
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