PROPAGATION BY BUDDING. 



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none, in fact, when packed up, consequently very little 

 moisture is needed. 



Having the stocks, buds, and implements in the condi- 

 tion described, the operation is performed in this way : 



The shoot to bud from is taken in one hand, and the 

 budding-knife in the other; the lower part of the edge of 



the knife is placed on 

 the shoot, half an inch 

 above the bud to be 

 removed (A, fig. 66) ; 

 the thumb of the knife- 

 hand rests on the shoot 

 below the bud _Sy a 

 drawing cut is then 

 made parallel with the 

 shoot, removing the 

 bud and the bark, to 

 which it is attached, 

 half an inch above and 

 three-quarters below 

 it. This is the usual 

 legth, !><* it may, in 



removing a bud. Fig. 67, A bud badly taken many Cases, be shorter, 

 off, with a hollow in the center. Fig. 68, A r . . mnr l a , cf 



good bud ; A, root of bud ; J5, root of leaf. Q J USt 



deep enough to be be- 

 low the bark. A small portion of the wood is always 

 taken off with it, and if this adheres firmly, it should 

 be allowed to remain ; if it parts freely, it should be 

 taken out, but in doing so, the root of the bud must 

 be carefully preserved, for if it comes out with the 

 wood, the bud is useless. The root of the bud, as it 

 is termed, is a small portion of wood in the hollow 

 part of the inside of the bud. Fig. 67 is a good bud ; 

 A, root of bud, J?, root of leaf. Fig. 68 is imperfect, 

 the roots of leaf and bud both out. A smooth place 

 on the stock, clear of branches, is then chosen, where two 



Figs. 6G to 68. BUDDING. 



