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provide with pith towards the base, become more tender as the 
terminal buds are reached, until towards the end they are quite 
tender and almost transparent. Those buds, at the third io fifth 
node from the top, show a diaphragm or partition through the 
tissues, but are yet unprovided with pith; they are desirable eyes for 
budding. To effect this a longitudinal section of 14% inch is made 
with the grafting-knife on any internode of the shoot to be grafted; 
the shoot is bent inwards, bow fashion, when, after slightly raising 
the bark on each side of the incision with the blade of the knife, 
when the lips of the incised bark will open slightly and a bud 
such as has been described is eut and slipped in. The shoot is then 
left to spring back as it was before bending, and the scion-bud is 
compressed between the bark and the growing wood of the stock. 
A ligature of wool or ratia is then tied round, or a strip of waxed 
ealico wrapped round the wound. In a couple of weeks’ time the 
ligature is removed, and if the bud has taken, it is either forced to 
grow, if early in the season, by pinching the shoots of the stock 
directly after budding, and reducing them further a fortnight later, 
and finally cutting them above the bud, or it may, on the other 
hand, be allowed to remain dormant until next spring. 
The main objection to this method of budding is the difficulty 
of selecting the right sort of scion-bud, and for this reason the next 
method is preferred. 
Vouzou Bup 
is in many respects similar to the one described as suitable for fruit- 
trees and presents a striking analogy with the Yema or Summer 
Bud already described. It can be performed all through the growing 
season, and preferably in January and February. One point worth 
noting is that when detaching the bud, and previously to inserting 
it in the T-shaped incision, the veneer of wood which is eut off with 
the bud is not picked out and it is even desirable to cut deep enough 
to just reach the pith. A section of one-third to one-fourth of the 
node bearing a solitary bud gives good results. A fortnight after 
the bud has taken the canes of the stock are shortened to insure 
knitting and shooting of the bud. The ties, however, are not re- 
moved until a month after budding. This method is simple, gives 
a high percentage of strikes; good knitting can be performed on 
a stump of any age and on more canes than one, and if it can be re- 
newed during the same season on some other joint, in case of non- 
success. 
For early spring budding, cuttings from the previous season’s 
growth are buried in the cool moist sand to retard their growth, 
