PROCESS OF BUDDING ILLUSTRATED 



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few simple forms, which constitute those in widest use, will be presented 

 with illustrative figures : 



The adjacent engraving illustrates the method of budding most com- 

 monly employed, to be practiced when the stock is in proper condition of 

 sap-flow, as already described. It consists in lifting the bark and inserting 

 a bud from another tree in such a way that the inner bark of the bud shall 

 come in contact with the layer of growing wood in the stock, and then it 



a b d e 



f 



Shield-budding illustrated. 



will be quickly knit to it by the sap, if the bark is closed around the 

 inserted bud closely enough to prevent the air from drying the two surfaces 

 at the point of contact. 



In the engraving a is the cutting or "bud stick" from the tree of the 

 kind into which it is desired to transform the seedling. This cutting is to 

 be made from the growth of the present season, which has well-formed 

 buds at the axils of the leaves. If buds are desired to mature early, pinch 

 off the ends of the shoots from which they are to be taken. In budding, 

 select a smooth place on the bark of the stock and make a horizontal cut, 

 and then a perpendicular cut downwards toward the roots, as shown at b 

 in the engraving, with the bark slightly lifted and ready for the insertion 

 of the bud. Next cut from the bud stick a bud, as shown at c. This 



