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shoot out, in the same manner as the other 

 buds of the plant. You must, however, cut 

 away all the branches, except those in which 

 you have inserted buds, and shorten the ends 

 of these ; you will have, in a short time, a large 

 rose-tree, the stem of which is a common red 

 rose, while the branches consist of shoots from 

 the buds of all other sorts you have inserted. 

 I do not hope that you can actually perform 

 budding from this description : I have merely 

 stated the general process. Ten minutes' prac- 

 tice, under the direction of a gardener, will 

 enable you to perform the operation, which, 

 though it requires care and neatness, is very 

 simple. 



I should here call your attention to the study 

 of vegetable physiology ; for, without some 

 idea of this, you will not understand why the 

 l, so inserted, should grow, or why, having 



