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aceous perennial. Division. Loamy [ than if the buds were left upon the pa- 

 soil. A frame or cool green-house is : rent. Delicate kinds are strenj^thened 



suited for its growth 



B R U N S F E L S I A 

 Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttin^ 

 rich soil. 



BRUNSVIGIA. Thirteen species. 

 Green-house bulbous perennials. Off- 

 sets. Rich mould. 



by being worked, as it is technically 

 Four species, termed, upon more robust stocks, as 

 Good I when a tender vine is budded on the 

 Syrian, and the double yellow rose upon 

 the common China. Variegated roses 

 often lose their distinctive marks if 

 grown upon their own roots. Roses 



The bulbs, while dormant, which is j budded npon the common brier afford 

 during winter, are kept in a cool green- finer flowers than upon their own stems, 

 house, in as dry and airy a place as ' Buds from seedling peaches and pears 

 possible, until they begin to show leaves; are earlier productive — and produce 

 then to be potted in three parts good finer fruit — budded upon a robust 

 turfy loam, one part leaf-mould and j stock ; but buds of the pear inserted 

 a little silver sand, and placed so that i earlier than the close of August, pro- 

 they have the full benefit of the light. ! duce branches and not blossoms. Where 



When the leaves have grown to about the bud comes in contact with the wood 

 twelve inches in length, plunge in a | of the stock, a confused line is visible, 

 strong bottom heat, and allow to remain [ between which line and the bark of the 

 till the flower-stem pushes clear of the I bud new wood is produced, having 

 leaves, which will be in about four or I solely all the characteristics of the pa- 

 five weeks. They must then be gra- 1 rent of the bud. Buds of almost every 

 dually hardened off and returned to the ! species succeed with most certainty if 

 green-house, there to expand their bios- ; inserted in shoots of the same year's 



soms, which consist of a number of from 

 twenty to thirty flowers. 



After flowering, every care must be 

 taken of the foliage, by exposing it to 

 the full influence ofthesuB,and giving 

 plenty of water. 



When the plants show an inclination 

 to rest, water must be altogether with- 

 held. 



BRYA. Two species. Stove ever- 

 green shrubs. Cuttings or seed. Very 

 rich soil. 



BRYOPHYLLUM calicinum. Stove 

 evergreen shrub. ~ Leaves. Rich loamy 

 soil. 



BUCIDA buceras. Stove evergreen 

 tree. Ripe cuttings. Loam and peat. 



BUDS. The buds are organized parts 

 of a plant, of an ovate or conical form, 

 and containing the rudiments of future 



growth : but the small walnut buds suc- 

 ceed best which are taken from the base 

 of the annual shoots, where these join 

 the year old wood of that from which 

 the bud is taken. Buds are usually two 

 years later than grafts in producing 

 fruit, but then every bud will produce a 

 new plant, but each graft has at least 

 three upon it. Buds succeed more rea- 

 dily than grafts, and if a graft inserted 

 in the spring has failed, a bud may suc- 

 ceed in the summer of the same year. 

 Buds are ready for removal when their 

 shield, or bark attached to them, sepa- 

 rates readily from the wood. This is 

 usually in July or August, and is inti- 

 mated by the buds being well developed 

 in the axillae of the presentyear's leaves. 

 Scallop-budding may be done almost at 

 anv season. Buds should be taken from 



branches, leaves, and flowers, which ! the middle of the shoot ; those from its 

 remain latent until circumstances favour | point are said to make wood too freely, 

 their development. The same buds ac- and those from the base to be more un- 

 cordingly, as circumstances vary, pro- excitable, and consequently less prompt 

 duce either flowers or leaves. Buds to vegetate. 



spring from the alburnum, to which Stocks for budding may be much 

 they are always connected by central smaller than for grafting, even on the 



vessels. 



BUDDING is the art of making a bud 

 unite to the stem or branch (then called 

 the stock) of another tree or shrub, in- 

 dependently from its parent. The ob- 



same year's shoot. Several buds may 

 be inserted on older branches, and thus 

 a good head be obtained at once. On 

 stocks of long standing, scallop-bud- 

 ding is to be adopted. Just after rain, 



ject thus attained is a rapid multiplica- and when there is no violent wind, is a 

 tion of that parent ; and in the case of! time to be preferred for budding. What- 

 seedlings, an earlier production of fruit ever mode of budding is adopted, quick- 



