BUDDING 71 
from hedges and sown in the autumn in drills. The 
seedlings should be transplanted the first year after 
sowing, and the following season they will be ready for 
working. | 
Budding-Knives. 
The best budding-knives in commerce are those 
manufactured by Messrs. Saynor and Co. and Messrs. 
G. Hall and Son. They are made with handles of ivory, 
shaped in different ways at the end for the purpose of 
opening the bark in order to insert the bud. Some of 
the blades have the edge rounded at the point, so as to 
cut the bark without the knife entering the wood under- 
neath (see illustrations). Others, which may be used 
for budding, and are much better for general use for 
cutting flowers, etc., are made with the edge of the 
