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  Professor 
  Lake 
  : 
  Yes. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  little 
  higher 
  than 
  a 
  man, 
  and 
  had 
  

   been 
  cut 
  back 
  to 
  about 
  three 
  feet. 
  The 
  crown 
  grafting 
  was 
  fairly 
  suc- 
  

   cessful, 
  but 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  much 
  more 
  successful, 
  had 
  they 
  used 
  

   something 
  to 
  cover 
  the 
  grafts. 
  

  

  Ml'. 
  Pomeroy 
  : 
  How 
  long 
  should 
  the 
  paper 
  sack 
  be 
  left 
  ? 
  

  

  Professor 
  Lake 
  : 
  It 
  would 
  vary 
  with 
  the 
  season 
  and 
  activity 
  of 
  

   the 
  stock, 
  ten 
  days 
  to 
  two 
  w^eeks. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  I 
  wish 
  you 
  would 
  try 
  further 
  experiments 
  in 
  

   rooting 
  scions 
  in 
  warm 
  sand 
  in 
  the 
  hot-house. 
  I 
  believe 
  that 
  in 
  some 
  

   stage 
  you 
  can 
  probably 
  root 
  those 
  cuttings 
  in 
  moist 
  sand 
  in 
  the 
  hot- 
  

   * 
  house, 
  heated 
  beneath 
  ; 
  and 
  if 
  you 
  can 
  do 
  that, 
  it 
  is 
  going 
  to 
  settle 
  the 
  

   question 
  very 
  largely 
  of 
  hickory 
  and 
  Avalnut 
  propagati(m. 
  What 
  do 
  

   you 
  think 
  about 
  that. 
  Professor 
  Craig? 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig: 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  very 
  optimistic 
  about 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  

   that. 
  I 
  find 
  it 
  very, 
  very 
  difficult 
  to 
  get 
  roots 
  to 
  develop 
  from 
  Hicoria. 
  

   You 
  can 
  get 
  the 
  callus 
  almost 
  every 
  time, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  difficult 
  to 
  secure 
  

   the 
  development 
  of 
  roots 
  afterwards. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris: 
  How 
  about 
  getting 
  callus 
  by 
  three 
  months, 
  we 
  

   will 
  say. 
  in 
  storage 
  ? 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig: 
  We 
  would 
  have 
  the 
  same 
  trouble. 
  They 
  would 
  

   develop 
  adventitious 
  buds 
  very 
  poorly. 
  Doctor 
  Morris 
  has 
  sent 
  us 
  from 
  

   time 
  to 
  time 
  some 
  samples, 
  and 
  we 
  have 
  been 
  making 
  experiments. 
  I 
  

   have 
  used 
  different 
  methods 
  and 
  different 
  propagators. 
  We 
  have 
  one 
  

   propagator, 
  who 
  has 
  been 
  most 
  successful 
  usually 
  in 
  striking 
  difficult 
  

   things, 
  and 
  he 
  has 
  absolutely 
  failed 
  in 
  this 
  one. 
  I 
  may 
  say 
  that 
  our 
  

   facilities 
  for 
  propagation 
  are 
  not 
  ideal 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time, 
  but 
  we 
  shall 
  

   have 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  a 
  good 
  propagating 
  house 
  with 
  properly 
  regulated 
  

   benches, 
  as 
  to 
  bottom 
  heat 
  and 
  overhead 
  ventilation 
  and 
  all 
  that 
  : 
  and 
  

   we 
  shall, 
  of 
  course, 
  keep 
  up 
  the 
  experiments. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  In 
  my 
  experiments. 
  I 
  grafted 
  hickory 
  scions 
  on 
  

   hickory 
  roots, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  thing, 
  root 
  and 
  scion, 
  lived 
  until 
  the 
  root 
  

   sent 
  out 
  adventitious 
  buds, 
  yet 
  in 
  that 
  case 
  we 
  did 
  not 
  get 
  union 
  between 
  

   the 
  top 
  and 
  the 
  stock. 
  How 
  do 
  you 
  explain 
  that. 
  Professor 
  Craig? 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig: 
  I 
  don't 
  explain 
  it. 
  

  

  President 
  iMorris 
  : 
  Are 
  we 
  likely 
  to 
  have 
  success 
  along 
  that 
  line 
  by 
  

   some 
  modification 
  of 
  the 
  plan 
  ? 
  

  

  Professor 
  Craig: 
  I 
  couldn't 
  say. 
  You 
  can 
  keep 
  the 
  cuttings 
  alive 
  

   for 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  months. 
  

  

  President 
  Morris 
  : 
  They 
  were 
  in 
  damp 
  rooms, 
  exposed 
  to 
  light,, 
  

   right 
  in 
  the 
  window. 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Deming: 
  Professor 
  Coville 
  has 
  made 
  some 
  experiments 
  in 
  

   rooting 
  hickory 
  cuttings 
  for 
  me. 
  Professor 
  Coville 
  is 
  the 
  one 
  who 
  has 
  

  

  