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opening the lips wide enough to admit the prepared 

 slip with the eye. If the slip is longer than the upright 

 incision in the stock, reduce the largest end. Stock 

 and bud being ready, keep the latter in its natural posi- 

 tion, introduce it between the bark and wood of the 

 stock, pushing it gently downwards until it reaches the 

 bottom of the perpendicular incision. Let the eye of 

 the bud project through the centre of the lips ; lay the 

 slip with the bud as smooth as possible, and press down 

 the raised bark of the stock. The bud being deposited, 

 bind that part of the stock moderately tight with bass, 

 beginning a little below the incision, proceeding upward 

 so as to keep the eye uncovered, finishing above the in- 

 cision. In a month after the operation, examine whether 

 the bud has united with the stock. If it has succeeded, 

 the bud will be full and fresh ; if not, it will be brown 

 and contracted. When it has taken, untie the bandage, 

 that the bud may swell, and in a few days afterwards cut 

 the head of the stock off about six inches above the in- 

 oculation, and prevent all shoots from growing by pinch- 

 ing them off. This will forward the bud, which will push 

 and ripen wood this season ; but it must be carefully 

 tied as it grows to the remaining head of the stock. 

 Some do not head down the stock until the following 

 spring, thereby not encouraging the bud to grow, which 

 if winter sets in early is the safest method. 



OF WATERING. 



If the season is dry, look over the late planted shrubs, 

 and give them frequent copious waterings ; and a few 

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