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Principles of Plant Culture. 



bark formed by the T- cut, after -which the cion is crowded 

 downward until its cut surface is in contact with the cam- 

 bium layer of the stock, when the juncture is bound with 

 raf&a. 



394. Budding is now extensively employed in 

 propagating fruit trees, roses and the varieties of 

 deciduous ornamental trees and shrubs. A (usu- 

 ally dormant) leaf-bud, with a small portion of 

 surrounding bark (Pig. 120), is 

 placed in contact with the cam- 

 bium layer of the stock. 

 Budding may be successful 

 whenever the cells of the 

 cambium layer are in a 



state of active division, as 

 indicated by the ready sep- 

 aration of the bark from 

 the wood. In cli- 

 mates having se- 

 vere winters, bud- 

 ding is most Satis- 

 factory when per- 

 formed near the end 

 of the growing sea- 

 FiG. 119. FIG. 121. FIG. 122. FIG. 120. son and with fully- 



Flg. 119. Shoot containing buds. Tine white jjjatlired budS, in 

 spaces about the buds indicate the amount of bark ^, ^,, ' , 



to be cut otr with the bud. The shoot is inverted order that the DUdS 



'Xm'"utoir, ready foi-insei-tion. may not expand 



Fig. 121. Bud partially inserted between the ^^^^]\ 1}^^ following 



lips of the stock. . j-t,„„ +v,/^ 



Fig. 122. Bud inserted and tied. ( All after Bailey), spring ; thUS the 



shoots growing from the inserted bud will have the whole 

 season for growth and maturity. 



With plants that unite freely and with the'stock in the 

 proper condition, 



