June, July.~\ OF BUDDING, ETC. Ill 
through the shoot. Draw it out about an inch below the 
eye, so as to bring away the bud unimpaired with the bark, 
and part of the wood adhering to it ; the wood now must be 
carefully detached from the bark. To do this, insert the 
point of the knife between the bark and wood at one end, 
and, holding tbe bark tenderly, strip off the woody part, 
which will readily part from the bark, if the shoot from 
which the piece is taken has been properly imbued with 
sap.* Look at the inner rind of the separated bark, to see 
if that be entire ; if there be a hole in it the eye of the bud 
has been pulled away with the wood, rendering the bud use- 
less, which throw away ; if there be no hole, return to the 
stock, and with the haft of the knife gently raise the bark 
on each side of the perpendicular incision, opening the lips 
wide enough to admit the prepared slip with the eye. If the 
slip is longer than the upright incision in the stock, reduce 
the largest end. Stock and bud being ready, keep the latter 
in its natural position ; introduce it between the bark and 
wood of the stock, pushing it gently downward until it 
reaches the bottom of the perpendicular incision. Let the 
eye of the bud project through the centre of the lips; lay 
the slip with the bud as smooth as possible, and press down 
the raised bark of the stock. The bud being deposited, bind 
that part of the stock moderately tight with bass, beginning 
a little below the incision, proceeding upward so as to keep 
the eye uncovered, finishing above the incision. In a month 
after the operation, examine whether the bud has united 
with the stock. If it has succeeded, the bud will be full 
and fresh ; if not, it will be brown and contracted. When 
it has taken, untie the bandage, that the bud may swell, and 
in a few daj-s afterwards cut the head of the stock off about 
six inches above the inoculation, and prevent all shoots from 
growing by pinching them off. This will forward the bud, 
which will push and ripen wood this season ; but it must be 
carefully tied, as it grows, to the remaining head of the stock. 
Some do not head down the stock until the following spring, 
* We once budded three eyes of the white moss rose, after they 
had, by mistake, been carried in the pocket of a coat three days. 
The shoot was soaked six hours in water, and two of the buds grew. 
From this we infer that shoots, if properly wrapped up, may be 
carried very great distances, and grow successfully. 
