280 FLOWER GARDEN OF ROSES, &c. [JUNE AND JULY. 



Having marked the place, prune away all the lateral 

 shoots about and underneath it. With the knife directed 

 horizontally, make an incision about half an inch long 

 in the bark of the stock, cutting into the wood, but not 

 deeper ; then applying the point of the knife to the mid- 

 dle of this line, make a perpendicular incision under 

 the first, extending from it between one and two inches. 

 Having a healthy shoot of the growth of this year pro- 

 vided of the kind that is desired, begin at the lower end 

 of this shoot, cut away all the leaves, leaving the foot- 

 stalk of each. Being fixed on a promising bud, insert 

 the knife about half an inch above the eye, slanting it 

 downwards, and about half through the shoot. Draw it 

 out about an inch below the eye, so as to bring 

 away the bud unimpaired with the bark, and part of the 

 wood adhering to it; the wood now must be carefully 

 detached from the bark. To do this insert the point of 

 the knife between the bark and wood at one end, and 

 holding the bark tenderly, strip off the woody part, 

 which will readily part from the bark if the shoot from 

 which the piece is taken has been properly imbued with 

 sap.* Look at the inner rind of the separated bark, to 

 seeif that be entire; if there be a hole in it, the eye of the 

 bud has been pulled away with the wood, rendering the 

 bud useless, which throw away; if there be no hole, re- 

 turn to the stock, and with the haft of the knife gently 

 raise the bark on each side of the perpendicular incision, 



* We once budded three eyes of the white moss rose, after they had by mistake 

 been carried in the pocket of a coat three days. The shoot was soaked six hours 

 in water, and two of the buds grew. From this we infer that shoots, if properly 

 wrapped up, may be carried very great distances, and grow successfully. 



