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ble a letter T. Next, cut from your stick 

 of buds, a thin slice of bark, with a little 

 wood in the central portion of it, entering the 

 knife about half or three-fourths of an inch 

 below, and bringing it out about as far above 

 a bud. This slice of bark and wood, taken 

 together, is called a bud, the part of the bud 

 which grows into a twig being technically 

 called its eye. 



With the ivory haft of your budding-knife, 

 or, if you have not such a knife, with any 

 little wedge of wood or ivory, raise up the 

 Corners of the slit in the stock. Taking hold of 

 the bud by its foot-stalk, enter it, and gently 

 push it down to the bottom of the incision. 

 The eye of the bud will now be about from 

 one-fourth to three-fourths of an inch from the 

 transverse part of the slit. The part of the 

 bud, if any, projecting above this transverse 

 slit, should be cut off, by passing the knife 

 through it, into the transverse slit again, so 

 that the upper end of the bud and this trans- 

 verse part of the slit shall make a good joint 

 together. Bind the bud firmly with shreds 

 of bass-matting, so as to cover every part of 

 it except the eye. Woollen yarn or corn 

 husks will answer, when no matting is at 

 hand. 



