i'i>:()1'A(;a rioN of plants. 



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(</) Now luin li.ick llie edges of tlie hark in the T- 

 shaped incision of the stock and insert the bud, as in 

 Ficr. 73, pushing it (h>\vn until the top edge of the bark 



FIG. 72. — ONE-YEAR-OLD PEACH SEEDLINGS. 

 (From Normal Scliool Garden.) 



is fitted in behnv the edge of tlie horizontal incision of 

 tlie stock. Wrap with moist raffiaj above and below 

 the bud, so as to bring the parts into close contact. 



((?) As soon as the bud unites with the stock — about 

 teri days — tlie raffia should be cut, so as not to inter- 

 fere with the growth of the bud. At the same timC; the 

 seedling should be cut back by removing the upper por 



