. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. 184 CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENING-. vigorous plants for life and perfect tlooms the following- season, it is essential that the buds he kept dormant till the following spring. A good deal depends on the choice of buds. As already observed, jDlump, round, and quite dormant buds are the best. The early removal of the ties is also an aid to dormancy, as any severe check to the equable growth of the stock, such as that caused by a tight ligature, forces the bud to break. The wild- ing shoots must also be left full length till the spring. Those who force thei


. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. 184 CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENING-. vigorous plants for life and perfect tlooms the following- season, it is essential that the buds he kept dormant till the following spring. A good deal depends on the choice of buds. As already observed, jDlump, round, and quite dormant buds are the best. The early removal of the ties is also an aid to dormancy, as any severe check to the equable growth of the stock, such as that caused by a tight ligature, forces the bud to break. The wild- ing shoots must also be left full length till the spring. Those who force their buds to break, cut these off three or four inches beyond the bud, about three weeks after budding. By this means growth is partly confined to the bud instead of being carried on through the whole briar-shoots as well, and the. Fig. 15.—Briar Cut Back, aud finally Cut further Back to near the Bud at a, bud has the entire autumn, winter, and early spring to fill itself with a maximum amount of -vdgour and of beaut}'. If buds break into shoots soon after budding, on no account must these be allowed to grow or produce flowers. So soon as they have made three or four leaves, pinch off their tops. This course will enable them to form and to ripen several nice buds at their base, and these may break into shoots next season, not greatly inferior in vigour to dormant buds. Shortening Back the Wild Shoots on Briar or other Stocks.—Towards the end of January, or any time in Februarj^ these may be cut back to within aboiit six inches of the buds ; one result of this being to keep the newly adherent bud as free from disturbance as possible. Soon after the latter has fairly started—that is, towards the end of April or early in May—the wild shoots may be cut back to the top of the bark-section of the bud (Fig. 15). The cut should be made as short as possible by cutting the shoot almost at right angles. No dressing should be applied, as this only hinders the heahng of the wound, and


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