66 PLANT PROPAGATION 
taining buds is fitted in its place, being carefully made 
air-tight by means of a bandage of grafting-wax. Some 
prefer splitting the bark, as shown in the illustration, 
FLUTE- BUDDING. 
and laying it over the tube or cylinder; but the parts 
cannot be fitted so well as when it is removed. 
RING- BUDDING. 
Annular, or Ring-Budding. 
By this mode it is not necessary to cut off the top of 
the stock. A ring of bark may be removed from any 
convenient part (see illustration at b) and replaced with 
