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be bound firmly with bast, but so as not to 

 interfere with the bud a. All the buds marked 

 e must be rubbed off. If the base bud, b, has 

 not been injured, it will break strongly, in 

 which case grow a cane from it for a spur; 

 otherwise grow a cane from the lowest bud e, 

 as shown by the dotted lines. In many cases 

 the union will become so perfect by this me- 

 thod that the connecting cane, at the nfext 

 pruning, may be cut off at A, h. If it does not 

 become thus perfect, the cane may remain as it 

 is. A cane will grow from a, as shown by the 

 dotted lines, which is to be converted into a 

 spur. 



Still another method, but not very different 

 from the last, is shown in Fig. 118, A, as be- 



Fig. 118. 



fore, being a portion of an arm. In this case, 

 bend down an adjoining cane, and cut it off at 

 the proper length. Next cut the end at an 

 acute angle, and from the extreme end cut a 

 piece so as to leave an angular face about one 

 third the thickness of the cane. Now cut 

 from the arm an angular piece that will admit 



