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just where a spur ought to be. There are 

 several ways in which such a vacancy may be 

 filled, one of the simplest of which is shown in 



Fig. 115. 



Fig. 115. A is a portion of an arm from which 

 a bud is missing. Its place is supplied by tak 

 ing a cane from the nearest adjoining bud on the 

 under side of the arm, and bringing it up to the 

 place of the missing bud in the manner shown. 

 The buds/,/, are rubbed off, and a double spur 

 formed from the two upper buds. 



In case there should be no lower buds from 

 which to grow a cane, as may be the case when 



they are rubbed off, then the next simplest me 

 thod is shown in Fig. 116, in which A is a 

 portion of an arm. Cut an adjoining cane down 



