June and July.~] OF BUDDING, &c. 115 



Having a healthy shoot of the growth of this year pro- 

 vided of the kind that is desired, begin at the lower end 

 of this shoot, cut away all the leaves, leaving the footstalk 

 of each. Being fixed on a promising bud, insert the knife 

 about half an inch above the eye, slanting it downward, 

 and about half through the shoot. Draw it out about an 

 inch below the eye, so as to bring away the bud unimpaired 

 with the bark, and part of the wood adhering to it; the 

 wood now must be carefully detached from the bark. To 

 do this, insert the point of the knife between the bark and 

 wood at one end, and, holding the bark tenderly, strip off 

 the woody part, which will readily part from the bark, if 

 the shoot from which the piece is taken has been properly 

 imbued with sap.* Look at the inner rind of the sepa- 

 rated bark, to see if that be entire : if there be a hole in it, 

 the eye of the bud has been pulled away with the wood, 

 rendering the bud useless, which throw away ; if there be 

 no hole, return to the stock, and with the haft of the knife 

 gently raise the bark on each side of the perpendicular 

 incision, opening the lips wide enough to admit the pre- 

 pared slip with the eye. If the slip is longer than the 

 upright incision in the stock, reduce the largest end. Stock 

 and bud being ready, keep the latter in its natural position ; 

 introduce it between the bark and wood of the stock, push- 

 ing it gently downward until it reaches the bottom of the 

 perpendicular incision. Let the eye of the bud project 

 through the centre of the lips ; lay the slip with the bud 

 as smooth as possible, and press down the raised bark of 

 the stock. The bud being deposited, bind that part of the 

 stock moderately tight with bass, beginning a little below 

 the incision, proceeding upward so as to keep the eye un- 

 covered, finishing above the incision. In a month after 

 the operation, examine whether the bud has united with 

 the stock. If it has succeeded, the bud will be full and 

 fresh ; if not, it will be brown and contracted. When it 

 has taken, untie the bandage, that the bud may swell, and 

 in a few days afterwards cut the head of the stock off'about 



* We once budded three eyes of the white moss rose, after they 

 had, by mistake, been carried in the pocket of a coat three days. 

 The shoot was soaked six hours in water, and two of the buds 

 grew. From this we infer that shoots, if properly wrapped up, 

 may be carried very great distances, and grow successfully. 







