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results of this practice, and that the total excision of the 

 branches of the stock while in full vegetation must be de- 

 structive to a large portion of the roots, and highly detri- 

 mental to the prosperity of the plant. A much better mode 

 is to bend down the top, and tie its extremity to the lower 

 part of the stock. Several days after this is done, the bud 

 can be inserted just below the sharpest bend of the arch. 

 When the buds are to be placed in the branches of a 

 stock, as in fig. 11, the top of the main stem can be cut 



off, and the branches 

 arched over and tied 

 to the main stem, as at 

 /'/ the bud is then in- 

 serted in each branch, 

 as at e. The circula- 

 tion of the sap being 

 thus impeded by the 

 bending of the branch- 

 es, it is thrown into the 

 inoculation, and forms 

 then a more immediate 

 union than it would if 

 the branches were not 

 arched. After the 

 buds have become 

 fairly united to the 

 stock and have com- 

 menced growing, the 

 top can be safely cut 

 Fig. 12.— BUDDING A POTTED ROSE. offtothcbud, although 

 it w^ould be still better to make the pruning of the top i 

 proportionate to the growth of the bud ; by this means, a 

 slower, but more healthy vegetation is obtained. When 

 the buds are inserted very lat-e in the season, it is better 

 not to cut off the top of the stock or branches until the 

 following spring, and to preserve the bud dormant. If 



