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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Budding 1 continued. 



ground to 1ft. above; standards and riders from 3ft. to 9ft.; 

 cordons, pyramids, &c., can hardly be budded too low. 



Rose Budding. Propagation of Roses by Budding is 

 very extensively practised both with standard trees and 

 dwarf plants. It is perhaps easier and more certain to 

 succeed with these than with fruit trees; but the mode 

 adopted is precisely the same that of the shield-shaped 

 Bud with the core, or root, and the bark attached. For 

 standards, the common briar of the Dog Rose is the best. 

 The earlier these are obtained and planted in November, the 

 better, as roots are then formed at once. For dwarf plants, 

 the Manetti stock is mostly used, being easily 

 obtained and had in proper condition almost at 

 any time when Buds are ready. Plants on this 

 stock do not succeed in all soils, and suckers 

 are also very liable to be produced. Budding on 

 the seedling briar is attended with good results, 

 and is practised more than hitherto. The De la 

 Grifferaie stock is also used, more for Tea Roses 

 than others, and is considered by some to pro- 

 duce better plants than the Manetti. The shoots 

 on standard briars should be reduced to about 

 three of the strongest, selected as close together 

 as possible, and near the top, the briars having 

 been previously cut back the desired height at 

 planting time. Two Buds are sufficient for a 

 good head ; but, for certainty, three may be in- 

 serted. Fig. 291 represents a tall briar with throe 

 shoots ; a shows the shoot slit for the Bud ; b, 

 the Bud inserted ; c, the Bud tied in. Fig. 292 

 is a branch showing Buds, the lowest ones of 

 which are most suitable, being in firmer wood. 

 FIG 292. Those a t the top are often useless. Fig. 293 

 represents a Bud taken from Fig. 292, a, b, and 

 Fig. 294 gives an idea of how the wood is removed. As 

 previously remarked when describing the system, ex- 

 perienced Budders remove the wood from either end. 

 Fig. 294 shows its removal from the lower end. 



Fio. 294. 



Budding as close as possible to the main stem is most 

 desirable. Raffia grass is superior in every way for tying, 

 which should be performed as soon after the Bud is inserted 



as possible. It requires much care, and, of course, the 

 Bud itself must be entirely free. As soon as the Buds 



Budding" continued. 



swell, the tying material should be loosened, and the 

 top of the stock cut back to the level of the budded 

 shoot. By Budding late, the Buds lie dormant till the next 

 spring, and the necessity of tying the young shoots is 

 dispensed with for that season. The shoots of the briar in 

 advance of the Rose Buds must be cut back, as shown in 

 Fig. 295, so soon as the Buds are safely established. The 

 Manetti and other dwarf stocks are budded on the main 

 shoot nearly close to, or nnderneath the ground, and if low 

 enough to cover part of the rose stem when grown, the 

 latter often roots as well and assists the stock. Being 

 small, they may be grown in pots and removed to the 

 required position at any time. 



Dog Roses, used for standards, are usually collected from 

 hedgerows, and sold at about 8s. per hundred. Manetti 

 stocks are increased by cuttings, which, after making one 

 season's good growth, will be fit for use. Briars are raised 

 from seed, which may be collected from hedges, and sown 

 in the autumn, in drills. The seedlings should be trans- 

 planted the first year after sowing, and the following season 

 they will be ready for working. 



BUDDING- KNIVES. The best Budding Knives 

 are those manufactured by Messrs. Saynor and Co., and 

 Messrs. G. Hall and Son. They are made with handles of 

 ivory, shaped in different ways at the end, for the purpose 

 of opening the bark, in order to insert the Bud. Some 

 of the blades are made with the edge rounded at the point, 

 so as to cut the bark without the knife entering the wood 

 underneath (see Figs. 296 and 297). Others, which may be 



FIG. 300. 

 BUDDING KNIVES. 



used for Budding, and are much better for ordinary use for 

 cutting flowers, &c., are made with the edge of the blade 

 carried to a point, as in ordinary knives (see Figs. 298 

 and 299). Another form has the handle made of some 

 other material, and a piece of ivory inserted for opening 

 the bark; this is represented in Fig. 300. The first-named 

 is the best, if required for Budding only ; the second is the 

 most useful for ordinary purposes, and answers admirably 

 for Budding as well. None of the other shapes have any 

 material advantages over these. 



BUDDLEIA (named after Adam Buddie, who is so 

 often mentioned in Ray's " Synopsis "; his collection of dried 

 British plants is preserved in the British Museum). OED. 

 Loganiaceas. A large genus of stove, greenhouse, or half- 

 hardy shrubs. Flowers small, often tomentose, axillary, 

 spicate, capitate, or thyrsoid ; calyx equally four-toothed ; 

 corolla tubular-campanulate, regular ; limb spreading, four- 

 toothed. Leaves opposite, reticulately veined. Branches 

 quadrangular. 



