40 THE FOREST TREE CULTURIST. 
that is necessary is to make the incision in the branch be 
fore putting it in the earth, and then see that it does not 
become so dry that the roots can not grow. 
BUDDING, 
Budding consists in taking from one tree a bud, with a 
small piece of bark attached, and transferring it to another. 
The tree upon which it is placed is called the stock. The 
limits of this operation are not very well defined; but for 
all practical purposes it need not be extended beyond the 
members of the same genus; that is, Maples may be bud- 
ded on Maples; and generally, the nearer related the 
species, the more successful the operation. But, like other 
rules in Horticulture, there are exceptions, and sometimes 
by budding a weak-growing kind on a strong-growing one, 
we make a decided improvement. Again, it must not be | 
supposed that all the individuals of one genus can be worked 
indiscriminately one upon another; for the Black Mazzard 
Cherry of Europe and the Wild Black Cherry of America 
are classed by our best botanists as belonging to one genus, 
still neither will grow upon the other, Many similar in- 
stances might be named; in fact, to minutely describe all the 
variations which occur, or the different methods employed 
to reach the same results, would fill a volume by itself. 
Budding is usually performed in summer, just after the 
buds, or a portion of them, are fully developed on the 
young wood of the present season’s growth. The stock 
into which the buds are to be inserted must also be in a 
yimilar condition, so that the bark will part readily from 
the wood, as the bud or the bark attached to it is te 
