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GARDENING BY MYSELF. 



triangle. Carefully take out the bit of wood 

 from the bark and examine the bud at the 

 foot of the leaf, to see that it is sound and 

 perfect. If there is a little hole there in- 

 stead, throw away your bit of bark and try 

 again. Then on the stock make a cross-cut 



STOCK WITH INCISIONS. 



STOCK WITH BUD INSERTED. 



just through the bark, and from the middle 

 of this a like cut straight down and as long 

 as your bud. Gently loosen and lift the 

 cut edges of bark, and slip in the point of 

 your bud, easing it down till, the leaf stalk 



