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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



June 



BITDDrNG- AND LAYERING. 



These twx principal operations for the multiplication 

 of plants, will commence this month. Roses can be 

 budded as soon as ripe well formed buds can bo got, 

 a.wi the bark on the stocks will rise freely ; indeed 

 these are the two conditions indispensible to the bud- 

 ding of all sorts of trees and plants. Rosea and 

 other things that we wish to start and grow this sea- 

 son, can be budded, no mctter how early — the earlier 



the better ; but the buds of fruit trees,, that in our 

 climate should not grow the same season they are 

 inserted, sho\ild be delayed till there is no danger of 

 this — say last of July and early in August, for plums 

 and cherries; and August and Septemberfor all others. 

 Many of the recent subscribers to this journal are 

 solicitous for information on the practical part of it ; 

 and to meet their wishes, we give the following illus- 

 trations. Remembering the conditions we have allu- 

 ded to, proceed as follows : 



BUDDING. 



Take a young shoot (fig. 1) with good ripe 

 buds, and strip the leaves off, leaving part of the 

 leaf stalk as at a. The shoot is held in the left 

 hand and the knife in the right : the lower part 

 of the blade, say at the point 4, is placed on the 

 shoot at c, one-half to three-fourths of an inch 

 above the bud ; the thumb of the knife hand 

 ests on the shoot at f, the lower extremity of the 

 bark intended to be removed with the biid ; the 

 knife is then drawn towards you obliquely, parallel 

 with the shoot, smooth and level, so that the bark 

 and a very thin portion of the wood will be taken 

 off. In cases where this wood is firmly attached 

 to the bark, it is better to leave it ; but where it is 

 loose, or partly so, it may better be removed, which 

 can be done by putting the edge of the knife under 

 the wood, between it and the bark, and lifting 

 it np. Care in doing this is necessary, to avoid pull- 

 ing out the root of the bud, as in that case the bnd is 

 lost. Fig. 3 is a good bud ; g, root of the bud, and 

 h, root of the leaf. Fig. 4 represents a bad bud, al- 

 ways thrown away. Fig. 7 shows the stock cut in 

 the form of a T, to receive the bud. Fig. 8, tlie 

 bark raised with the ivory or bone handle of the knife. 

 Fig. 9 represents the bud in its place. The top of 

 the bud is always cut square, to fit the cross cut on 

 the stock. Fig. 10 shows the bud tied with bark or 

 orther material. The whole operation should be done 

 neat and quick. 



LAVERINO 



is a mode of propagating trees and plants by bending 

 down the branches, generally, but not always, of the 

 current seasons growth, and covering them at the 

 point where we wish to produce roots, with two or 

 three inches of earth. Roses, carnations, and a mul- 

 titude of ornamental trees and plants, grape vines, 

 quinces, gooseberries, Sic, Sic, are propagated with 

 ease and certainty in this way. The aimexed cut of 

 a carnation layer conveys a very clear idea of the 

 operation in general. 



In the case of the carnation, the stems to be lay- 

 ered (usually done just as they go out of bloom,) are 

 stripped of the leaves as far as it will be necessary 

 to imbed them in the ground ; the ends of the leaves 

 are also cut off an inch or so ; the knife is then in- 



serted below a joint, and the stem cut half through ; 

 the knife is then drawn upward, slitting the stem to 

 the next joint above ; the small portion remaining 

 below the joint where the incision was made, is cut 

 clean ofl" to the joint, and tho stem is bent into the 



