194 PROPAGATION OF PLANTS. 



"took is by giving the edge of the knife a sloping inclin- 

 ation downward, as shown in figure 76. This form has 

 its advantages, as well as disadvantages. The point of 

 the bark to which the bud is attached is more readily 

 inserted under the bark of the stock than when the in- 

 cision is made square, but it also permits the water which 

 falls upon the stock to enter the wound, often to the 

 injury of the inserted bud. This method is given in 

 "Warder's American Pomology," and is there called 

 (t Mr. Jackson's method." 



The sloping incision would naturally suggest itself 

 to any one who desired to insert buds very rapidly, because 



Fig. 70. BUDDING SLOPING CUT. 



if the stocks were in a proper condition the buds could 

 be thrust home without resorting to the knife for the 

 purpose of lifting the bark ; although it must be admit- 

 ted that, as a general rule, to lift the bark with the knife 

 is far better than to do it with the bud. The bark and 

 wood to which the bud is attached are not usually firm 

 enough to resist, without injury, the pressure required to 

 cleave the bark from the stock. 



The time for budding most kinds of hardy plants is 

 usually during their growth an .summer, varying the 



