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for some reason I am unable to explain, I have not found such to 

 be the case in the vicinity of Calcutta, where budding can so seldom 

 be performed with success that it is rarely or never attempted, 

 inarching being uniformly adopted instead." MR. FAWCETT, late 

 Director of Botanic Gardens, Jamaica, recommends budding as a 

 quick way of establishing a Mango orchard in that country. 

 MR. HARRIS of Jamaica has been successful in budding Cacao, and 

 found that the Criollo and Calabacillo thus "gained enormously in 

 vigour and productiveness." Budding is applicable to various kinds 

 of fruit trees. In the West Indies it is claimed to have been u so suc- 

 cessfully applied to the Nutmeg trees, the grafting of which has not 

 proved practicable, that the sexes of these may now be brought 

 under the control of the cultivator." In regard to budding Mangoes, 

 the secret of success is said to lie "in taking the buds from about 

 the middle of the growing shoot where they are well developed, 

 and yet not too tender, at a time just prior to a vigorous stage of 

 growth in the tree to be budded. 



Bud-grafting. In Queensland and the Southern United 

 States, this form of budding has of late been adopted with success 

 in the propagation of the Mango. It is considered to be much 

 more rapid than "inarching" or "grafting by approach," and does 

 not, like the latter, involve the erection of a structure laden with 



pots around the tree to be 

 multiplied. As applied to the 

 Mango, the mode of procedure 

 is thus described : Seedlings 

 2 to 3 years old, with stems 

 about an inch in thickness, are 

 selected for stocks. A rect- 

 angular piece of bark is removed 

 from the stock, and in its place is 

 inserted a piece similar in shape, 

 with a bud in the centre, taken 

 from the variety of Mango 

 which it is desired to propagate. 

 The bud-wood (i.e., the shoot 

 from which the bud is taken) 

 should be not less than 2 years 

 old. Precision in fitting the 

 bud- bark with the incision in 

 the stock are important factors 

 BUD-GRAFTING OF MANGO. for success. A small quantity 



