. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. towards the base; and in about twelve days' time the eyes will have become sufficiently developed: then detach the bud from the parent tree. Suppress all leaves, only reserving a very small portion of the petiole, or leaf-stalk, c. 275. Having fixed upon the intended stock and bud, take a sharp budding- knife, and with a clean cut remove the bud from its branch, with about a quarter of an inch of the bark above and below; remove all the wood without dis- turbing the inner
. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. towards the base; and in about twelve days' time the eyes will have become sufficiently developed: then detach the bud from the parent tree. Suppress all leaves, only reserving a very small portion of the petiole, or leaf-stalk, c. 275. Having fixed upon the intended stock and bud, take a sharp budding- knife, and with a clean cut remove the bud from its branch, with about a quarter of an inch of the bark above and below; remove all the wood without dis- turbing the inner bark of the eye ; for it is in this liber, or inner bark, that the vitality lies. Now make a cross- cut in the bark of the intended stock, and also a ver- tical one, "T, and shape the upper part of the shield, or bud, a, so as to fit it exactly. Having fitted the I)arts correcth', raise the bark of the stock gently with the budding-knife, and insert the bud ; afterwards bandage lightly above and below the eye, bringing the lips of the bark of the stock together again over the bud by means of the ligature, in such manner that no oi^ening remains between them, and, above all, taking care that the base of the eye is in free contact with the bark of the stock. 276. Some weeks after, if the ligatures seem to be too tight, they may be untied and replaced with smaller pressure. When the operation takes place in May, the scion will develop itself as soon as the suture is completed. la. order to jDrovide for this, cut the head of the stock down to within an inch of the point of junction immediately after the operation. 277. When the operation takes place in August, the head is never cut till the following spring, when the scion begins to grow. If the same practice as in earlier budding were followed, the consequence would be, that it would develop itself before winter; but th" bud, having no time to ripen its new wood, would perish, or at least suffer greatl}-. When the buds b
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