t>0 BUDDING. 



ready to insert, and c the whole after the ligature 

 is applied. 



When by growth, the bandage cuts into the 

 stock, usually in ten days to three weeks, it is to 

 be removed. The bud remains dormant till the 

 following spring, when the stock is cut off an inch 

 or more above it. If cut closer, the end of the 

 stock sometimes dies and the b.ud perishes. All 

 other buds must be.then removed, and all the vigor 

 of the stock thrown*into the remaining bud, which 

 immediately commences a rapid growth. 



The essential requisites for success in budding 

 are, first, a thrifty, rapidly growing stock, so that 

 the bark will peel very freely. Secondly, a proper 

 time ; not too early, when there is little cambium, 

 or mucilaginous cement between the bark and the 

 wood, for the adhesion of the bud, nor too late, 

 when the bark will not peelireely, nor the subse- 

 quent growth sufficiently cement the bud to the 

 wood. Thirdly, wood sufficiently mature from 

 which the buds are taken. Fourthly, a keen flat 

 knife, for shaving off the bud, that it may lie 

 closely upon the wood of the stock. Fifthly, the ' 

 application of a ligature with moderate pressure, 

 causing the bud to fit closely to the stock. 



Various modifications have been proposed for the 



'improvement of budding. One is to make the 



cross-cut at the bottom of the long slit instead of 



at the top, as the latter is supposed to impede the 



