BUDDING WITH OK WITHOUT SAP-WOOD. 



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shoot, for the swelling would prevent the complete adherence 

 of the scion to the stock. If, however, we were forced to 

 utilize such -swollen buds, we should re- 

 quire to leave a small portion of alburnum 

 under the eye, so as to secure complete 

 adherence. 



The scion thus prepared is placed either 

 in an I or T shaped slit. To facilitate its 

 introduction in the I slit, the angles at 

 the top of the scion should be cut away. 

 The ligature is made with wool, the 

 strands passing as close as possible to 

 the eye, forcing, with the thumb, the 

 scion to rest completely on the stock. 



Although it is preferable to ligature 

 with wool, it is sometimes necessary to 

 use raffia (Fig. 84). In this case we 

 must not forget to turn five or six 

 strands more at both extremities of the 

 graft. One of the disadvantages of raffia 

 is that when the joint increases in dia- 

 meter it penetrates into the bark and 

 produces swelling, as it is not as elastic 

 as wool. It may even produce a new 

 wound on the cicatrice of the petiole 

 and bring about the death of the scion. 

 We also know that raffia shrinks and 

 stretches under the influence of humidity, 

 and this is another reason for discard- 

 ing it. Fi g . 84 . 



ADVANTAGE OF BUDDING WITHOUT ALBURNUM AND WITH 

 PARTLY HOLLOWED SHIELDS. 



This graft had been abandoned on account of the difficulty 

 of removing the alburnum without bruising the bark and 

 without completely hollowing the bud, and above all, because 

 when the petiole got detached the wound it produced 

 favoured great evaporation, and was one of the main causes 

 of failure. 



The method of budding by replacing the protuberance of 

 the node did away with the first of these inconveniences. The 

 l>;irk \V;IH not bruised, By previously removing the leafj 



