Gardening for Amateurs 



701 



Cutting off the 

 leaf above 

 the bud. 



The bud inserted The piece of bud projecting beyond 



in the stock. the incision is cut off. 



The bud as prepared. 



The inserted bud tied with 

 raffia. 



Preparing T-shaped incision in the stock for 

 reception of the bud. 



BUDDING ROSES. 



varieties which do not flourish well on their 

 own roots ; the bud is simply transferred or 

 grafted upon a growing stock. 



The stock consists of a well-established 

 bush with a good root system. Sometimes 

 an old worn-out shrub is selected, and a new 

 lease of life given to it by budding on a new 

 variety which will eventually take the place 

 of those branches which were unsatisfactory ; 

 often a fine variety is budded on an inferior 

 but freer-rooting stock, and in some cases 

 a variety which tends to produce much wood 

 and little blossom or fruit is grown on a dwarf- 

 ing stock which checks exuberant growth 

 and encourages fruitfulness. Named Roses 

 are budded on the Wild Brier, the Manetti 

 stock, and others ; Apples can be budded 

 on the Crab or the Paradise ; Pears on the 



Quince or the wild Pear ; Plums on the free- 

 growing Myrobalan, St. Julien, or the Damson ; 

 and so on. Many different varieties can be 

 grown on one stock, but it is found impossible 

 to bud an Apple on a Pear, a Plum on a 

 Rose ; indeed, the subjects must be closely 

 related botanically, as in grafting, or the 

 work is impossible. 



Stocks for Budding may be raised from 

 cuttings or layers, although seedlings are 

 often employed ; they are ready for budding 

 whenever well rooted. Old trees may also 

 be used for stocks, but then, as a general 

 rule, grafting is chiefly employed. The 

 stock may be either a standard, half -stand- 

 ard, or dwarf ; standards are long straight- 

 stemmed stocks, any convenient height, on 

 which a few branches are allowed to grow 



