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will put forth into the mere open air ; and 

 then the layer should be at once cut off and 

 set in a small pot, and shaded and watered 

 until it begins to grow. 



In making layers from some plants, the 

 shoot is not cut, but is twisted — or has a bit 

 of the bark taken off. 



Budding, too, is summer work. Let it be 

 done, says Mr. Henderson, either so early 

 that the new shoots can ripen before frost, 

 or so late that they will not start until 

 spring. That is, either before midsummer 

 or in the fall. The stem or stock on which 

 you bud must be in just that state when the 

 bark will easily quit the wood ; and the bud 

 itself must be taken from a well-grown shoot, 

 thus. Cut across the shoot a 

 half inch or so above a leaf, and 

 from that cross-cut bring the 

 knife down through the wood 

 to as far below the leaf, taking 

 out a bit of bark and wood an 



PREPARED BTJD. ' ^ ^ ^ ^ 1 , 



inch long, and sloped to a 

 point at the lower end, like a long, narrow 



