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INOCULATION, OR BUDDING. 



" Budding with double ligatures is a mode invented by 

 Knight, and described by him (Hort. Trans, vol. i. p. 194) 

 as 'a new and expeditious mode of budding.' The opera- 

 tions are performed in the manner first above described; 

 but, instead of one ligature, two are applied, one above the 

 bud inserted on the transverse section through the bark ; 

 the other, which had no further office than that of securing 

 the bud, was applied below in the usual way. As soon as 

 the buds had attached themselves, the lower ligature was 

 taken off, but the others were sufiered to remain. ' The 

 passage of the sap upwards w as, in consequence, much ob- 

 structed, and the inserted buds began to vegetate strongly 

 in July, (being inserted in June;) and when these had 

 afforded shoots about four inches long, the remaining liga- 

 tures were taken off to permit the excess of sap to pass on, 

 and the young shoots v.^ere nailed to the wall. Being there 

 properly exposed to the light, their young w^ood ripened 

 well, and afforded blossoms in the succeeding spring; and 

 these would,' he adds, 'no doubt have afforded fruit; but 

 that, leaving my residence, I removed my trees,' &c. 



" Future treatment. — In a fortnight, at furthest, after bud- 

 ding, such as have adhered may be knovv^n by their fresh 

 appearance at the eye ; and in three Vv eeks, all those which 

 have succeeded will be firmly united with the stock, and, 

 the parts being somewhat swelled in most species, the 

 bandage must be loosened, and, a week or two afterwards, 

 finally removed. The shield and bud now svv cU in com- 

 mon with the other parts of the stock ; and nothing more 

 requires to be done till spring, when, just before the rising 

 of the sap, they are to be headed down close to the bud, 

 by an oblique cut, terminating about an eighth or a quarter 

 of an inch above the shield. In some cases, however, as 

 in grafting, a few inches of the stalk is left for the first sea- 

 son, and the young shoot tied to it for protection from the 

 v^ajids." — Encyc. of Gardemng. 



Mr. Abner Landrum mentions a mode of treating the 

 stock, and recently inserted bud, somev/hat different from 

 that of Mr. Knight, as detailed above. Instead of Mr. 

 Knight's method of using a strong ligature above the 

 inserted bud, he adopts the following :— As soon as it can be 

 Ptscertained that the bod will live, v/hich, he says, may be 

 in about a w^eek, if the. stock be small, let it be instantly 

 headed down, just above the bud to be nourished. If the 

 stock be large, amputate the principal branches ; and the 

 consequence will be, an immediate bursting of all the latent 



