ing of bark about one inch in length is removed
from the stock. A bud stick of the same size is selected, and from it a
similar ring with a good bud on it is removed by cutting around the bud
stick and slitting down the back or side opposite the bud. This bud is
then placed in position on the stock. After the buds are in place, a
piece of stiff wrapping paper should be tied around the stock just above
the bud and allowed to flare out over the bud to protect it from the sun
and wind. Preferably all buds should be inserted on the north side.

[Illustration: _From Bul. 57, Florida Exp. Sta._

FIG. 20. Annular Budding. 1. Stock prepared for bud. 2. Bud. 3. Bud in
place and tied.]

Stocks from three-eighths to three-quarters of an inch may be worked by
this method.

_Veneer Shield-Budding. (Patch Budding)._ This method differs from the
last only in that the piece of bark removed from the stock and the piece
with the bud attached are not complete rings, but only parts. A
rectangular or even a triangular piece of bark is taken out of the
stock, a similar piece with a bud in its center taken from the bud
stick is fitted in its place and wrapped in the usual way.

[Illustration: From Bul. 57, Florida Exp. Sta.

FIG. 21. Veneer Shield-Budding.]

Mr. George W. Oliver, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D.
C., has described[J] a modified method of veneer shield-budding, which
has given good satisfaction in his hands. Instead of removing the patch
from the stock, it is slit down the center from top to bottom and the
edges are lifted back, the buds inserted beneath and the side flaps are
then tied down over it. He has also found that dormant buds of last
year's growth give better results than buds of the current season.

The use of these buds has not, however, come into general use; first,
because of the large amount of wood which must be destroyed to secure
them; and second, because in those sections where bud-worms are
prevalent, their larvae are to be found clustered about the buds until
quite late in the season and make their attack as soon as the bud starts
to grow.

Mr. E. W. Kirkpatrick,[K] McKinney, Texas, described a method
successfully used by him, as follows:

"We prepare the stock to receive the bud by cutting out a
section of bark and wood as shown in Fig. 22. The bud is cut
from the scion in the same way the cut on the stock is made. It
should be about the same length, width, th