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GRAFTAGE. 



ment Station (Bull. 37, p. 713 ; Sixth Rep., 414) is evidently 

 a modification of this plate-budding: " The method is simply 

 to cut a slice of bark down the stock, leaving 

 it still attached to the stock at the lower end, to 

 help hold the bud. Part of the loose strip is 

 then cut off and the bud fitted over the cut 

 place with the lower end being held firmly by 

 the part of the slip left. A piece of raffia is 

 then tied around the bud to hold it firmly." 



H-budding (Fig. 98) is a modification of plate- 

 budding. In this method, a flap is formed both 

 above and below, covering the bud from both 

 ends, and allowing of more per- 

 fect fitting of the bark about 

 the bulge of the bud. 



Flute-budding. An occa- 

 sional method of budding is that 

 known under the general name 

 of flute-budding. In this method the bud 

 is not covered by the bark of the stock, as 

 in the other methods here described. Fig. 

 99 illustrates it. A portion of bark is re- 

 moved entirely from the stock, and a similar 

 piece is fitted into its place. When the 

 wound extends only part way about the 

 stem, as in the illustration, the operation is 



sometimes known as veneer-budding. 99 Flute-budding 

 When it extends entirely round the 



.- stem it is called ring or annular-budding. Flute-bud- 

 S ding is usually performed late in the spring. It is best 

 adapted to plants with very thick and heavy bark. 

 The bud is tied and afterwards treated in essentially 

 the same manner as in shield-budding. A species of 

 flute-budding in which a ring of bark is slipped down 

 zoo. Chip upon the tip of a shoot, which has been girdled for the 

 (x%). purpose, is called whistle- or tubular-budding. 



