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the wound would have time to heal on the shoot bearing the 

 buds, and the danger of desiccation would be greatly 

 diminished. To remove the leaf without tearing the buds of 

 the petiole, a sharp downward pull is given ; with varieties 

 in which the petiole does not get detached easily it should 

 be cut to 1 inch above its point of insertion, and a few days 

 later the small piece remaining can be easily removed. The 

 section obtained is neater, but it will require another week 

 to completely heal. 



We do not recommend the use of scions bearing axillary 

 buds. These would have to be removed before they attained 

 inch in length, and their development would produce a 

 swelling of the node, complicating the operation of grafting. 

 The bud being more swollen its adherence to the stock would 

 be difficult to obtain. 



Finally, the scion-bearing shoots, being prepared as above 

 described, we take all the buds from the middle part, leaving 

 the buds of the base, generally too much lignified, and which, 

 for this reason, would get completely hollowed, and the buds 

 of the extremity, which cannot be hollowed properly. If the 

 node at the base of the bud is shining, it shows that the bud 

 is not sufficiently ripe. The scion-bearing shoot has reached 

 proper lignification when the number of buds whicli can be 

 detached (leaving a part of the bark adherent to them, and 

 under the eye about -j^ inch of alburnum proceeding from the 

 protuberance, which, when excised in this way, presents an 

 irregular surface) is greater. 



HERBACEOUS BUDDING WITHOUT ALBURNUM, AND WITHOUT 



COMPLETELY HOLLOWING THE SHIELD. 



Budding without alburnum and without complete hollowing 

 of the shield is not new. It has been used for fruit trees, and 

 we tried to apply it to vines with all the chances of success 

 it presents with other species. The difficulty only resides in 

 the method of excising the scion. 



Practical operators will appreciate the advantages of 

 allowing the wound at the base of the petiole to heal before 

 performing the operation. If we add to this modification 

 the following, we think that the maximum chance of success 

 will be obtained. This modification is only a simplification 

 in the execution of the graft without alburnum and replac- 

 ing of the protuberance. It consists in excising the bud 

 without alburnum and without completely hollowing the eye. 



