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BUDDING. 
[chap. IV. 
making a cutting with a single eye, and in¬ 
serting it in another tree, called the stock, in¬ 
stead of in the ground, A young shoot of 
the current year’s wood is cut off in the latter 
end of July or August, or perhaps, if the 
season should be very moist, the first week 
in September; and incisions are made lon¬ 
gitudinally and across, on each side, above 
and below a bud, so that the bud may be 
cut out, attached to an oblong piece of wood 
and bark, pointed at the lower end. The 
leaf is then taken off, but the footstalk is 
left on. 
The next thing is to separate the bark 
with the bud attached from the wood; and 
on the nicety of this operation much de¬ 
pends, as if any wood be left in the bark the 
bud will not take; generally, however, if the 
sap is in a proper state of movement, the 
wood comes out easily, without leaving the 
smallest particle behind. The bud must be 
then examined below, that is, on the side 
that was next the wood ; and if it appears 
fresh and firm it is likely to take, but if it 
looks shrunk and withered it had better be 
thrown away, as it will never grow. Slits 
