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gists have in common, and the influence they wield in promotion of those 

 interests. The agricultural classes in general, he contended, must con- 

 tinue to organize and make their power felt in behalf of the two para- 

 mojint interests of this country, agriculture and horticulture. 



Mr. A. M. Smith of St. Catherines, delegate from the Ontario Fruit- 

 growers' association, expressed his pleasure at meeting, for the first time, 

 with Michigan horticulturists. "It is my first visit, although I have often 

 heard of your famous society and enthusiastic and valuable meetings." 

 He extended greetings and best wishes of the Ontario society, and 

 expressed a hope for better acquaintance in the future. 



GRAFTING AND BUDDING. ' 



Mr. A. G. GuLLEY followed with the subjoined paj)er upon " Grafting 

 and Budding." 



It is not my intention to go into the history, nor yet into the theories, of 

 the processes to be described; neither is this article written for the benefit 

 of professional nurserymen, if any are present, but for that class of horti- 

 culturists who are usually well posted in the general care of trees and 

 plants, but when the subject of grafting is broached they at once confess 

 they know nothing about it; also for those who have not had an oppor- 

 tunity to see the operations performed, and could not get a clear idea of 

 them from the descriptions found in horticultural works. Time and again 

 have I known men who were well posted in all ordinary work pertaining 

 to fruitgrowing, and never thought of asking help in any other work, who, 

 if they had a few grafts or buds to set, had to look up some one to do it. 

 This is the more surprising, as the operations are not difficult to perform, 

 and are needed often by every practical horticulturist. For those 

 especially have I prepared this paper. It will be limited to work adapted 

 to hardy plants for this latitude. I shall try to make the work so plain 

 that any one may easily perform it for him.self, and after a little practice 

 make the successful result as certain as if performed by a professional. 

 Indeed, it can be said, when one understands the principles involved, he 

 has only to practice to be a successful budder or grafter. 



TWO FIRST PRINCIPLES. 



As to the principles, there are two that must be remembered. First, so far 

 as is known, perfect union can only take place between plants^of the same 

 natural order or family, botanically related, and only those that are clearly 

 allied in those families at that. I have talked with men who had an idea 

 there was no difficulty in putting a grape on a maple, if one understood 

 grafting, and be surprised when told that it could not be done; then be still 

 more astonished when informed that a pear would grow readily on the 

 mountain ash. But the statement just made, that plants, to unite, must be 

 closely allied, explains the different results. The rose family, which 

 embraces all our valuable fruits except currants, gooseberries, grapes, and 

 cranberries, can not by any means be united indiscriminately, as the rasp- 

 berry and apple, or either with the cherry. We have cases were different 



