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AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 



no growth may take place before spring. Orange-trees and 

 other green-house plants, being calculated to grow right on un- 

 der protection, are exceptions, and may be budded in spring, or 

 summer, or winter. 



AFTER-TREATMENT. 

 Fig. 107. 



a. The bud united to the stock, and the bandage loosened and removed in due time. 



&. A neglected bud, the bandage having cut deeply into the stock, causing unnatural en- 

 largement above and below, with a growth of stem-suckers. 



c. The bud in spring, the stock cut down about four inches above it, and all the natural 

 or stock buds removed. 



<f. The bud growing, and tied up to the shank of the stock. 



<-. The bud in spring, ^he stock being cut at once down to the point of the bud. 



/. The bud growing naturally upright, but staked to secure it against danger of injury in 

 its early stages. 



In about two weeks after the budding you may loosen the 

 bandage, and before winter, or whenever it seems to be cutting 



