THE STEM 



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or unnecessarily injure the bark. All these operations 



should be performed as quickly as possible, to avoid the 



drying up of the cut surfaces. As soon as the bud is in 



position fix it by one or two turns of thin, soft twine or 



other material, then take a strip of budding -tape and 



wrap round the stock with the 



inserted bud, beginning slightly 



below the place of operation 



and allowing the edges of the 



tape to overlap at each turn. 



The bud may be covered over 



completely, or, if very prominent, 



it may be left exposed ; the 



budding-tape should hot be tied, 



the free end being held safely in 



position by pressing it down on 



the wrapped portion. 



Budding is frequently re- 

 sorted to in tropical countries, FIG. 7.-u<timg.-The upper 



right-hand figure shows the 

 bud ready for insertion under 

 the cut bark of the stock 

 (upper left-hand). The 

 lower left-hand figure shows 



the bud in position, aud the 

 remaining figure illustrates 

 it bound up in the budding 

 tape. 



with oranges, lemons and other 

 citrus fruits, when it is desired 

 to grow some selected, choice 

 kind upon a stock of a hardy 

 variety. For this purpose seed- 

 lings of the kind to be used for 

 the stocks in practice often sour oranges or " rough " 

 lemons should be raised in nursery beds. When the 

 stems are of about the thickness of one's finger, insert 

 buds of the selected variety in the stem of the stock, 

 three or four inches above the level of the ground. In 

 about ten to fourteen days the buds should be found to 



