Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1880 — How to Bud Trees and Shrubs. [ARTICLE]

How to Bud Trees and Shrubs.

wtfnr*ptWyahTra i stock. A Muiro penknife can do duty for a boddins Knife and tfw handla ot a tooth-brartTif groaod down Hnooth, will answer for aspodto aid in lifting the bark. From the taut of June to the last of August is th beet time for this prorsi, as tl»e baric eaa- then be more easily raised from the wood. Take a smooth, stalk and make a horizontal cut across the baric through to the wood, but not into it From the center of this, CTumcut make another cut straight down the stem an inch or mere in length. These two cuts should resemble a T. Slice off the bud you desire to propegate with one cut of the knife, cutting ft close to the main stalk. Now, with tae edge of the spud torn back the bark on each side of the straight cut and insert the bod on the wood of the branch to be budded, fitting it tightly to the crossed cut With a bit of soft ram bind down the bark, tearing the point of the bud exposed. A handful of dampened moss must then be bound around the stem, taking cars to leaves tiny point of the bod exposed to the air. In six weeks the wrappings can be removed, bat all other • hoots most be kept from growing on the bedded branch. By this means • rosebush can be made to beer half a dozen different colored roses.