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across the hark and then straight down some way, 
exactly as you would do supposing you wished to 
cut through your own glove without hurting your 
hand — you see that this must require no small 
caution. The slit being made both ways, you 
gently raise the bark from the wood with the ivory 
knife, and lifting up the flaps you quickly put in 
the bud — fitting its bark tightly round the stem of 
the shoot you are budding on, and wrapping the 
bark belonging to the latter over the bark con- 
nected with the new bud. Two people sometimes 
do budding well together, one making the slit and 
the other preparing the bud, for the great thing is 
to have it quickly done. You afterwards plaster 
a little clay on the slit, or wind some bast two o r 
three times round and tie it some way below. 
Some people bud five or six different Roses on a 
single tree — I cannot say, however, that I much 
like the fashion. 
You should always choose a cloudy day and a 
shady time for budding, but if you want to prac- 
tise you can do so well with a willow shoot or a 
hazel branch indoors, raising the bark and putting 
in a bud carefully. You will see in a week or two 
if your Rose buds grow ; if they do not do so they 
will fade directly. 
