PROPAGATION.— SECTION m.— BUDDING. 



l^TAKTAaES OF — LONG PERIOD FOB — CLAIUS OF OSEATER EASDINESS 

 EXAMINED — LATE GROWERS APT TO BURST .THE BABE — BUT) TEN- 

 DEE SORTS — STOCKS NOT ALWAYS HARDT — PHILOSOPHY OF BUD- 

 DING, LIKE ORAFTINB, DEPENDS UPON CELLOEOWTH — THE CAM- 

 BIUM, OB "pulp" — THE BUD, ITS INDIVIDUALITT — THOMSON 

 QUOTED — UNION DEPENDS UPON THE BUD — SEASON FOR BUDDING 



— CONDITIONS REQUISITE — SPRING BUDDING — CONDITION OP THE 

 BUDS — BUD STICKS — SELECTION OP — THEIE TREATMENT — BESTO- 

 BATION WHEN DRY — THE WEATHEE — BAINS TO BE AVOIDED — 

 USUAL PEEIOD OF GEOWTH BY EXTENSION — SUCCESSION OF VA- 

 EIETIES — OHEEEY, PLUM, FEAR, APPLE, QUINCE, PEACH — HOW 

 TO DO IT — DIFFERENT METHODS — AGE OF STOCKS — PBEPlSATION 

 OF — THE KNIFE — CUTTING THE BUDS— EEMOVAL OF THE WOOD 



— THE AMEEIOAN METHOD — DIVISION OF LABOR — TYING — RING 

 BUDDING — PEEPAEATION OF SCIONS FOE EARLY BUDDING — IM- 

 PEOVEMENTS IN TYINO — BAST, PRBPABATION OP — SUBSTITUTES 



— NOVEL TIE — WHEN TO LOOSEN THE BANDAGE — HOW DONE — 

 INSPECTION OF BUDS — SIGN OF THEIR HAVING UNITED — ENIGHT'S 

 TWO BANDAGES — WHY LEAVE THE UPPEE ONE LONGEB — HEAD- 

 ING BAOK THE STOCKS — EESUMJ. 



BtTDBiNG, or inoculating, is the insertion of eyes or 

 buds. This is a favorite method of propagation, -which is 

 practiced in the multiplication of a great variety of fruits. 

 The advantages of budding consist in the rapidity and 

 facility with which it is performed, and the certainty of 

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