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used, but this also is not a serious objection, 

 if the bud has not been taken too early. 



In case it is desired to use the crown bud, 

 all the little branches that have started to 

 grow about it must be removed before they 

 are an inch long, care being taken that the 

 bud is not damaged in doing so. The point 

 of a small knife blade is a good instrument 

 for doing this work. If the branches are not 

 removed, the crown bud will not develop, 

 the branches appropriating all the substance 

 necessary to its development. 



If the time is not propitious, or if for any 

 other reason it is desired that the crown bud 

 shall be discarded, remove all of the branches 

 that have started from the top of the plant 

 except the strongest and best one, allowing 

 this to remain and develop. Generally this 

 will grow for about three or four weeks, and 

 then produce three or four globular or 

 slightly flattened buds in a compact cluster. 

 These are known as "terminal" buds, so 

 called because they terminate the plant's 

 season of growth, and if they are all removed 

 the plant will produce no flowers. If it is 

 desired to use a terminal bud for producing a 

 bloom, all of the buds of the cluster are 



