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through the back ; the other, which had no further 

 office than that of securing the bud, was employed in 

 the usual way. As soon as the bud had attached 

 itself, the ligature last applied was taken off: but the 

 other was suffered to remain. The passage of the 

 sap upwards was in consequence 

 much obstructed, and buds inserted 

 in June began to vegetate strongly 

 in July: when these had afforded 

 shoots about four inches long, the 

 remaining ligature was taken off to 

 permit the excess of sap to pass on* 

 and the young shoots were nailed to 

 the wall. Being there properly ex- 

 posed to light, their wood ripened 

 well, and afforded blossoms in the 

 succeeding spring. 



Flute-budding (fig. 24) is not 

 practised in this country, but de- 

 serves to be mentioned. It consists 

 of peeling off a ring of bark from 

 the stock, just below a terminal 

 bud; replacing it by a similar ring, 

 with a bud or two upon it, taken 



* Nurserymen and others find this tying with double ligature of 

 great service in budding the plum. The difficulty in working this 

 tree arises from the tendency of the upper part of the bud to curl up 

 and detach itself after the ordinary single tie is taken off, and the 

 union apparently complete. By leaving on the upper ligature a 

 fortnight after the lower one, this tendency to rupture is prevented, 

 and the upper bandage may then be removed with safety, and 

 before the bud has been excited into growth. A J. D. 



