PROPAGATION OF TREES AND PLANTS 



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The conditions of success are: (1) a vigorous grow- 

 ing stock; (2) a well matured bud; (3) a sharp, thin- 

 bladed knife; (4) a clean, smooth cut; (5) little 

 exposure to the air and a good fit under the bark; (6) 

 firm and even binding. After the buds have been in- 

 serted a week or two the stocks should be examined, 

 and if the bands are cutting into them, the result of 

 rapid growth, they should be loosened a little, or if the 



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bud has united sufficiently a cut may be made on the 

 side opposite the bud, when the band will be gradually 

 loosened by the continued growth of the stock. 



The buds require no further care until the following 

 spring, when the stock is cut off just above the inserted 

 bud, and we have practically the same condition as in 

 the root graft just planted, except that, in the latter, 

 one year's growth of roots has been made in the nursery, 

 while in the former it has been just transplanted. 



Nursery Treatment Taking the budded seedling 

 and the newly transplanted root graft, we will give the 

 treatment required to produce a first-class tree for 



