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below the bandage. The grafted plant must then be put some- 

 where in a shaded place and not removed from its pot till it 

 has made a vigorous growth, and stock and scion have become 

 thoroughly incorporated. 



BUDDING. 



Sir J. Paxton states that " budded plants are more free in 

 their growth, and no doubt more prolific than those raised 

 in any other way, although it is several years before they can 

 be brought to a bearing state."* In this country, however, no 

 such objection applies, for here they make most rapid growth 

 and come into bearing all but as soon, if not quite as soon, as 

 those that have been inarched. At Ferozepore I once budded a 

 small Mulberry-tree in the month of February, and by October, 

 eight months after, stems had been put forth from the bud stout 

 enough to support my weight amongst them. Budded Peach- 

 trees likewise were almost equally vigorous in the growth of 

 wood they made. 



Budding upon an emergency may be performed upon any of 

 the shoots of a full-grown plant if all the branches but the 

 budded ones be cut away. But the proper method is to raise 

 seedlings, or in the case of Roses strike cuttings, expressly for 

 the purpose of budding upon. Seedlings of most plants will 

 generally be ready for the purpose in about a twelvemonth from 

 the time the seed was sown. They will be the better for having 

 been transplanted, previous to the operation, either into the spot 

 where they are to remain permanently, or elsewhere ; but they 

 must have become thoroughly established before budding upon 

 them be attempted. 



In the Upper Provinces the operation of budding is performed 

 with great facility at two seasons of the year : first, when the 

 plants are about to start for their Spring growth, and again 

 when for their Midsummer growth, as at those times the bark 

 separates most freely from the wood. But, for some reason I 

 am unable to explain, I have not found such to be the case in 

 the vicinity of Calcutta ; and budding can so seldom be per- 

 formed there with success, that it is rarely or never attempted, 

 inarching being uniformly adopted instead. 



For the operation of budding are required a ball of cotton- 



* 'Magazine of Botany,' iv. 61. 



