THE NATIONAL NURSERY:\IAN 
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it lias made. The tie strini»- inav be removed when 
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the Imd lias started and made a ^Towth of lialf an 
inch or more hut let the waxed wra|)])er remain. Jt 
will hel]) the womid made by the knife to heal more 
perfectly and »ive ])rotection when ni^'lits are chilly. 
The evelet will stretch as the bud shoot e-rows. AVhen 
the bud is well started all natural buds on the stub 
above it may be cut out. Sprouts comini*- out on the 
stock below the bud should be i-ubbed olf every ten 
days duriiii*- the i>-rowing- season, just as in other sys¬ 
tems of buddini*-. 
ILLUSTRATION OF METHODS 
OF CROWN BUDDINO. 
FIgTire 3. 
n shows outside and inside views of common shield hud; B, 
thick rim of bark at lower end; C, outside and inside 
views of same bud, modified; D, waxed wrapper; E, 
stock cut off and hark opened for hud; F, bud 
in place and flaps pared; G, wrapper in 
place; H, wrapper tied on. 
AVaxed wraiipers may be made from old cotton 
domestic, such as worn bedsheets or discarded un¬ 
derwear. (dieap cotton canvas may also lie used. 
These materials may be torn or cut into stri])s six to 
ten inches in width and not over twenty inches in 
len«-tli, then folded back and forth into small siiuares. 
These may be laid into a shallow vessel of hot, melted 
beeswax that has been freed of im])urities by strain¬ 
ing-. The hot wax will strike at once through the 
folds of the cloth, one end of which should be ke])t 
out of the vessel for convenience in handling. Keep 
the room warm and the doors closed. AVhen the wax 
has struck through the folds, hold u]) the cloths by 
one end so that the surplus of wax may drip back in¬ 
to the vessel. It will not do this if the room be cool or 
a breeze passing through. The cloth cools (iui(*kly 
after draining and is j-eady to be torn into long strips 
an inch wide, a little more or a little less. These 
strii)s are then folded back and forth into little 
blocks an inch and a half in length, kee})iiig the edges 
even, '^fhe eyelets are made at a single cut in eacli 
block with a leather i)uiich, and may be enlarged by 
running a blade of the budding knife through them 
the long way of the block. These wrai)pers are the 
same as those used in ])utting on chi])-buds and af¬ 
ford sufficient })rotection against wind and weathcy. 
1 may observe in passing that the chip bud is one of 
the best methods used in pecan ])ro])agation, but is 
not cpiite as easily worked as the modified shield bud 
now under discussion. 
This form of wrapper is more economical than any 
other in use. It should fully overlap the wounds 
made by the knife, with some cloth to spare. AVhen 
til inly tied on over buds ])roperly set, success is rea¬ 
sonably sure. But one should try again, if failure 
greets his first etfort. The fault may lie in the bud- 
wood, the weather or other cause beyond control. The 
old, old maxim, “try again,” is a splendid motto for 
one who wishes to succeed in the })ropagation of pe¬ 
can trees. Now listen, plain as the foregoing direc¬ 
tions are for pre])ariug wrap])ers, few people will fol* 
low them. They will try it out of doors, or with doors 
wide open on a cool, windy day; they will have their 
strips of cloth too long for the wax to drip out suf¬ 
ficiently, or wider than the vessel containing- the 
melted wax, or get oft wrong in some other way. But 
the citizen who tries .to make wra])])ers with grafting 
wax instead of bees’ wax is the chain])ion mess-mak¬ 
er of all. The human family generally is against fol¬ 
lowing instructions. 
A STEP FURTHER. 
Here is another innovation: AVhen one has master- 
3 d the method shown in the second illustration, he is 
I'eady for another step forward. \ his is called crovn 
budding, a method to which the modified shield bud 
is peculiarly well suited. Buds from wood that has 
partially lost its vitality, or has been injured by sap 
starting befoi-e it is cut or after it is cut iii eail\ 
■;])ring, may oftentimes be saved by this method when 
:ill others fail. But the work must be cjirefully done 
iiid instructions strictly observed, lor if your bud is 
lost, the remaining stock is badly disfigured. 
The ])re])aration of the bud is the same as iii I ig. 1, 
l)ut the stock is cut off bodily at the desired height. A 
slit is then made at the to]), the bark o])ened, the bud 
inserted and ])art of the fiai)s of bark ])ared away, 
riien the wra])])er is ])ut on so as to cover not oul\ t le 
rut made for the insertion of the bud, but the to]) ot 
the stum]) also. The wra])i)er should not only cover 
the stum]), but should l)e long enough at the top to 
pass over and go down far enough on the opi)osite 
