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below the bud, and a cut run to the depth of the bark 
upward, and curved to about one half inch above it, as 
shown in the figure on preceding page. This slice, with 
a thin layer of sap-wood adhering, is then carefully de- 
tached from the tree, when the bud will be ready for 
transfer to the stock. The stock, which should not ex- 
ceed an inch in diameter, whether as seedling or branch, 
is previously prepared for the reception of the bud by 
making a cut downward and across it to the depth of 
the bark, and of an inch or so in length in the form of 
a T,as seen in this figure. The por- 
tion of the bark containing the bud is 
then inserted in this T-shaped slit, the 
edges of which are to be slightly raised 
to receive it in such a position that the 
uppermost portion of the bark contain- 
ing the bud will fit exactly with the 
head of the T cut in the stock, so as 
to admit of the free downward pas- 
sage of the sap, which forms its anneal- 
ing substance. The bud, after inser- _ 
tion as above described, is to be bound 
securely in its place by means of a bandage of woollen 
yarn, scutched flax, bark bands, or other material. In 
this state it is allowed to remain for three or four weeks, 
or until it has united firmly with the stock, when the 
bandage may be removed. As the season of growth will 
be nearly over by the time the operation has reached this 
stage of perfection, the bud need not be expected to push 
fully into growth till the following spring, though signs 
of its vitality are often perceptible at an earlier period. 
Every effort should now be made to nourish its growth, 
and for this reason all sources of waste of nutritious sub- 
stances should be cut off, such as suckers or sprouts and 
any superfiuous height of stock. 
Another mode, called the annular budding method, 
is recommended for its excellence in propagating some 
