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PROPAGATION BY BUDDING. 



Grafts which have become dry, may be restored if the 

 moisture is applied so gradually that its absorption may re 

 quire several weeks. In one instance shoots cut early in 

 autumn, and subjected to thorough drying, were restored to 

 perfect freshness by the next spring, by wrapping them well 

 in moss and burying them in a dry spot of ground ; arid be- 

 ing set, they all grew. 



Scions for sending to a distance, are usually packed in 

 damp moss, saw-dust, or fibrous peat. They may be sent 

 by mail, within a very small compass, with great safety, by 

 enwrapping them with oil-silk or thin oil-cloth, drawing it 

 closely round them to exclude the moisture, by means of 

 small thread. 



IV. BUDDING. 



Budding consists in introducing the bud of one tree, 

 a portion of bark and a little adhering wood, beneath 

 .he bark of another, and upon the face of the newly forming 

 vvood. It must be performed while the stock is in a state 

 of vigorous growth. An incision is made lengthwise through 

 the bark of the stock, and a small cut at right angles at the 

 top, the whole somewhat resembling the letter T., fig. 26 



Fig. 30. Fig. 29. Fig. 27. Fig. 28. Fig. 26. 



A bud is then taken from a shoot of the present year's 

 growth, by shaving off the lark an inch or an inch and a 

 half in length, with a small part of the wood directly be- 

 neath the bud, fig. 27. The edges of the bark, at the in- 

 cision in the stock, are then raised a little, fig. 28, and the 



