. The book of the garden. Gardening. PROPAGATION BY BUDDING. 343 Fig. 117. SHIELD-BUDDING REVERSED. eye turned downwards has been recommend- ed. But its most important use is to induce a state of productiveness in fruit trees. In consequence of the bud being placed with its point downwards, an inter- ruption takes place in the flow of the sap. This effect is denied by many, wlio say the shoots after a time regain their natu- ral position, and hence no such interruption takes place. The shoot, no doubt, the second year, takes its natural upright direction; but the bend, which is always abrupt a
. The book of the garden. Gardening. PROPAGATION BY BUDDING. 343 Fig. 117. SHIELD-BUDDING REVERSED. eye turned downwards has been recommend- ed. But its most important use is to induce a state of productiveness in fruit trees. In consequence of the bud being placed with its point downwards, an inter- ruption takes place in the flow of the sap. This effect is denied by many, wlio say the shoots after a time regain their natu- ral position, and hence no such interruption takes place. The shoot, no doubt, the second year, takes its natural upright direction; but the bend, which is always abrupt at the point where it changes from the pen- dant to the upright, has much the same effect on the sap's flow as that of bending an up- right branch downwards, but probably not to the same ex- tent. Shield-buddimg with a termi- nal bud.—This mode is some- times employed inj the case of a tree losing its leading shoot, or of a branch meeting with a similar accident. Shield-budding with a mem to repair injury done to the bark.—This is done by paring the edges of the wound smooth, and selecting a piece of healthy bark from the same or from another tree of the same species, of the same shape and size, and covering the wound so exactly that a union takes place and the blemish is repaired. It is difficult to cause adhesion in the case of stone-fruits by this means. It is, however, sel- dom resorted to. Shield-budding the rose is thus described by Mr Paul, in his beautiful work, " The Eose Garden," p. 131; and as few have succeeded more in the propagation of " the queen of flowers," we present his modus operandi in nearly his own words: " The piece of bark is called the bud {d, fig. 118), and the tree in which it is inserted is called the stock. In the first place, obtain a shoot from the tree whose identity we wish to perpetuate; from this the leaves are cut off, leaving, however, about half an inch of the leaf-stalk to every bud. Before proceeding farther,
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