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stock above where the bud is inserted is left on until the 

 bud starts into active growth, so that it may be 

 supplied with sap material. Orange and peach 

 buds, and some roses, may start growing at 

 once, and the growth on the stock above them 

 may then be cut off before the season closes ; 

 others are slower, as apples and pears, and 

 may remain dormant till spring. 



Budding is found most suitable for fruit 

 trees generally, and for roses, in this country, 

 and is gradually taking the place of grafting 

 for orchard purposes. Veneer Budding 



The Principles of 

 Budding and Grafting. 

 Grafting, like bud- 

 ding, is that operation 

 in gardening which 

 unites a plant or a 

 portion of a plant 

 taken from a tested 

 variety, fixing it upon 

 a plant of same order 

 which has roots, and 

 which will support and 

 furnish the graft with 

 a part of the nutri- 

 ment necessary for 

 growth. The graft 

 then supplies that por- 

 tion of plant food got 

 from the air. As the 

 poet says : 



^^ "Which does inend nature, 



or change it rather ; 

 Tongue or Splice Grafts. But the art itge]f J8 natu re." 



The plant that receives the graft then is usually furnished 

 with roots. It has to draw its nutriment from the soil and 

 transmit it to the part grafted. It is called the stock. In 

 some cases, as grape vines, apples, and a few others, the 



