. First studies in plant life in Australasia, with numerous questions, directions for outdoor work, and drawing and composition exercises. Botany. 160 FIEST STUDIES IN PLANT LIFE that is to receive the new bud. Do not go deeper than the bark. Then at the top of that slit make a cross- cut (fig. 118 b); then, with a thin narrow paper-cutter or budding knife, raise the bark a Httle at each corner below the cross-cut. And now we have to slice off the new bud. Slice off with a sharp knife as shewn in the fig. 118 a, cut- ting off altogether an inch of bark and a very thin piece of wood with it. Th
. First studies in plant life in Australasia, with numerous questions, directions for outdoor work, and drawing and composition exercises. Botany. 160 FIEST STUDIES IN PLANT LIFE that is to receive the new bud. Do not go deeper than the bark. Then at the top of that slit make a cross- cut (fig. 118 b); then, with a thin narrow paper-cutter or budding knife, raise the bark a Httle at each corner below the cross-cut. And now we have to slice off the new bud. Slice off with a sharp knife as shewn in the fig. 118 a, cut- ting off altogether an inch of bark and a very thin piece of wood with it. Then put the lower end of the bud into the cross- cut, and slide it down till the bud is a little be- low the cross-cut; and then cut off the end at the cross-cut. Next take a piece of soft, strong string or tape, and wind it around the bud from the bottom up. Wind the tape with a steady, tight but not hard strain, until you have covered the whole cut and left nothing in view but the bud. In a few days, the bud should have "; Recall the position of the leaf-sap tubes in the stem, and you will see at once how the leaf- sap runs into the new bud as if it belonged to the stem. You will also be able to understand the method of grafting which is shown in fig. 119. 13. Grafting is done before the end of winter; in- stead of a bud we use a shoot of wood of last summer's growth. The branch that is to receive this shoot is. Budding; a, slicing oft the bud; b, bark opened to receive the bud; c, the bud ready for insertion ; d, the bud inserted and tied Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gillies, William. Melbourne, Whitcombe & Tombs, Ltd
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