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stocks, in one year. For some of the kinds it is the 

 only resort, as they are difficult to manage by either 

 layering or grafting. Some of the Perpetual Ro- 

 ses rarely form roots when laid, but bud freely^ 

 Budding may be easily described so as to be under- 

 stood by the initiated, but as it is to the unpractised' 

 hand that we pretend to give our feeble instructions, 

 we will endeavour to om.it no detail, even at the risk 

 of being too minute. The operation may be per- 

 formed with any sharp thin-bladed knife, though one 

 called a "budding-knife," with a thin ivory handle, 

 is best for the purpose. It should be inserted about 

 half an inch above the bud, and passing about one- 

 tbkd of the way through the wood of tlie shoot, come 

 oui again about the same distance below it, the cut 

 being as clean as possible. The portion of the bark 

 in the centre of which the bud is situated, is called 

 the shield, and when removed it contains a portion of 

 the wood, whivJi is to be carefully removed with the 

 point of the knife, as shown in figure 1 ;* if the wood 

 is dry, and does not separate readily, it is a sign the 

 bud is too old, and it should be rejected. When the 



* The Bengal, Tea, Bourbon, and some other free growing 

 kinds, may be successfully budded without removing the wood ; 

 in such cases it is better to cut the bud a little thinner, and 

 not so long ; in this way they have been known to make a 



growth and flower within six weeks after the operation. 



