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that the two cuts present the appearance of a letter T, standing 

 either straight up or inverted. 



This cut should be made a few inches from the ground if 

 nursery stock is budded, or at any convenient height if other trees 

 are operated upon. In all cases, the stick operated upon should 

 have a smooth, young bark, easily lifted. When the vertical cut 

 and the crosscut are made the corner lips are slightly raised with 



(A) The stock. The 

 transverse cut. 

 The vertical in- 

 cision. 



(A) The stock, (u) 

 The bud inserted. 



(A) The stock after 

 budded. (B) The 

 twine as tied, (c) 

 The tie at the 

 finish. (D) The tie 

 at the beginning. 



the blade or with the flattened ivory handle. This done, pick up 

 the stick of bud wood and cut out a plump young bud, making the 

 section about lin. to IJin. long, and a little longer below the bud 

 than above. Some advocate picking out the portion of wood cut 

 out with the bud, but good result is obtained without doing this. 

 Then, with the point of the knife, slightly raise the bark, slip the 

 bud in, and gradually push it iu under the bark. If in the proper 

 condition for budding, the bark lifts readily. The bud is now ready 

 for tying or for wrapping with the waxed cloth. When doing this 

 commence slightly below the crosscut if it is at the bottom of the 

 vertical cut, or slightly above if it is at the top; wrap pretty 

 tightly around the stock over the bud in a spiral manner, each turn 

 slightly overlapping the previous one until the whole cut is covered, 

 then twist the waxed strip back and press the end against the folds 

 already made, when it will adhere. In changeable weather it is 

 well that the strips should overlap from above downwards, so as to 

 prevent water running down the stem penetrating the cut. In 

 Western Australia, where fair weather occurs pretty well all 



