STANDARD ROSE-TREES. 129 



till August. At about the height you desire 

 your tree to be, you must insert in the stem, 

 two or more buds of such roses as you wish to 

 grow on the standard. 



This operation of budding, which is very 

 simple, consists in taking one of the buds when 

 completely formed, together with a piece of the 

 bark attached to it, and after cutting a slit in 

 the bark of the standard, or stock, as it is 

 termed, putting the bud into the slit. This is 

 done by slightly raising up the bark on each 

 side of the slit, then pressing the inserted bud 

 down in the place of the bark you have raised, 

 and tying a piece of wet bass round the stem, 

 so as to keep the bud in its place, and exclude 

 the air from the wound. 



The circulation of the sap enters into the 

 bud, just as it did into the bark of the parent 

 stem; and, in the following spring, the bud ^ ill 



