48 THE NUESERY AND THE ORCHARD. ' 



the stool to be used as stocks for budding or grafting. 

 The stools are enlarged until one will furnish a great 

 many plants. Suckers are shoots from buds on the 

 roots — spontaneous layers. 



They sometimes appear in large numbers around trees 

 that have had their roots broken by a plow. They are 

 much employed for multiplying the raspberry. Suckers 

 are sometimes used for stocks, but seedlings are much 

 better. 



