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in the usual manner. In case of need, the terminal eye might 

 be divided into four equal parts. The growing bud ought to 

 be used to insure success, though this mode will sometimes 

 succeed with a dormant bud. This method may be very useful, 

 if the tree to be propagated has no young side shoots strong 

 enough to admit of a bud being taken from them. It is par- 

 ticularly suitable for rare trees, with scaly buds and opposite 

 branches. 



14. Annular Mule Budding; Greffe en Flute en Anneau. 

 {Jig. 53.) — A branch is chosen on the tree which is to be pro- 

 pagated, as thick as, or thicker than, the stock, and a ring of bark, 



5 o including an eye, is cut from it, and detached by 



splitting it perpendicularly on one side, and then 

 separating it from the wood by inserting under it 

 the spatula-like handle of the budding-knife. A 

 similar operation is then performed on the stock ; that 

 is to say, a ring of bark, exactly of the same size, is 

 detached from the stem in the same manner, but 

 without caring whether there are buds on it or not. 

 In its place is put the ring taken from the branch 

 to be propagated, with the precaution of making the inner 

 barks join together exactly both at top and bottom. No 

 binding is applied ; but the whole is covered with grafting- 

 clay {onguent de St. Fiacre) or grafting-wax. Neither the 

 branches nor the head of the stock are to be cut down till the 

 bud has taken. The two periods most favourable for this sort 

 of budding are, the time of the greatest movement of the sap in 

 the spring, and at the end of its greatest movement in August. 

 This mode of budding has the advantage of never mutilating 

 the stock ; because, if it does not take, the bark of the ring sup- 

 plies the place of that taken away. It is not only suitable for 

 the propagation of walnut trees, but also for the increase of ail 

 rare trees with hard wood, such as the American oaks and 

 chestnuts. 



1 5. Split Flute Budding ,- Greffe en Flute J endue. — The only 

 difference between this and the preceding mode is, that, if the 

 ring of bark containing the bud is larger than the space pre- 

 pared for it on the stock, a piece must be taken from it longi- 



54 tudinally, so as to make it fit exactly. 



16. Flute Budding by close Contact, Tube Bud- 

 ding ; Greffe en Flute par Juxtaposition, ou en Sifflet. 

 ( L fig. 54.) — The head of the stock being cut off, a 

 ring of bark, 2 in. or 3 in. long, is removed. A 

 shoot is then taken from the tree to be increased, of 

 exactly the same thickness as the stock, and a ring 

 or tube of bark is taken off the thick end, without 

 being split longitudinally, not quite so long as the 



