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PRACTICAL PLANT PROPAGATION 



bud grafting. The bud is usually accompanied by a small piece of 

 bark, and generally most buds will carry also a small piece of wood. 

 If done carefully the wood is best removed, but the buds grow fully 



B 



as well without going to this trouble, 

 except in budding nuts and Roses. 

 When to bud. The stock for 

 budding should be in a growing 

 condition, and the bark must peel 

 easily. If old trees are to be bud- 

 ded and if no small wood is available 

 cut back a year in advance to force 

 young growth. The buds in the 

 axils of the leaves must be large 



Fig. 65. Terminal bud grafting. Pine. The tip of the stock (B) is split and 

 cion (A) is inserted (C) (See page 119) 



