I 2 



Fig. 7. Diagram to illustrate separateness of character in stock and cion. 



THE BUD UNION 



Budding is simply a form of graftage in which the cion carries 

 only one bud, with little or no \vood. The form by far the most 

 commonly used is known as the shield bud. This is the only form 

 here considered, but other methods give strictly comparable results. 



Figure 8 represents diagramatically the growth of a bud when 

 set upon a stock. The black portion of the figure represents the 



Fig. S. Diagram of bud graft 3 years old. 



wood of the stock and the shaded portion represents the bud or cion. 

 The white portions represent three annual layers of growth which 



