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latter being first opened to receive and afterwards 

 folded over the inserted bud, all being firmly bound 

 by a ligature. 



Some practitioners omit taking away the wood of 

 the bud lest it should injure its woody axis, on the 

 preservation of which ihe whole future development 

 depends. This omission does not much signify, pro- 

 vided the bud be laid close to the wood of the stock, 

 to do which the vital envelope must be raised along 

 with the bark to admit it : but the better way is, 

 certainly, to prepare the bud in the usual manner, 

 and seeing that it is perfect, place it on the swelling 

 envelope ; which last should be disturbed as little as 

 possible in the operation. 



The effects of budding on the future tree, as well 

 as in the circumstances arising from buds being asso- 

 ciated with diminutive or rank growing stocks, are 

 quite similar to those of grafting. By budding, a 

 maiden tree is produced in the second year, by graft- 

 ing, in the first. The former is suitable for all trees 

 having a gummy, the latter for such as have an 

 aqueous sap. 



In the management of exotic plants, whether cul- 

 tivated for their flowers or fruit, the effects of budding 

 and grafting are of the greatest consequence to the 

 cultivator. It has been shown that both operations 

 induce diminutive growth ; a convenient circumstance 

 for our glazed houses of limited extent ; and as grafts 

 or buds are selected from the highest matured 

 branches of the tree intended to be propagated, this 



