PROPAGATION BY BUDDINa. 



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bud to be removed {A, fig. 64), the thumb of the knife- 

 hand rests on the shoot 

 below the bud {B\ a 

 drawing cut is then 

 made, parallel with the 

 shoot, removing the 

 bud and the bark to 

 which it is attached, 

 half an inch above, 

 and three quarters be- 

 low it. This is the 

 usual length, but it 

 may in many cases bo 

 shorter. The cut is 

 made just deep enough 

 to be below the bark, 

 a small portion of the" 

 wood is always taken 



Figs. 64 to 70, Budding. 



Fig. 64, a shoot of bods with the leaves taken 

 off. the point above the bud where the knife 

 was inserted. B, the point below where it comes 

 out. Fig. 65, is a bud badly taken off, with a 

 hollow in the centre. Fig. 68, a good bud. %d, 

 root of the bud. B, root of the leaf. 



Fig. 67, a stock with the bark slit vertically and across. Fig. 68, the samo 

 with the bark raised as far as the dotted line. Fig. 69, the same with the 

 bud inserted. Fig. 70, the same tied up. 



off with it, and if this adheres finrdy it should be allowed 



