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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 



[ August, 



The twigs are angular, of areddish tint, witla thin deep-red viscous shiningbuds. The 

 leaves are thick and somewhat leathery, sub-erect, shortly petiolate, from 5 in. to 

 7 in. long, and about 3i in. wide, of an oval elliptic form, narrowed to both ends, 

 slightly toothed, of a deep-green colour on the upper surface, whitish beneath. 

 The petioles are nearly an inch long, stoutish and channeled. It appears to be 

 an ornamental tree, well worth planting, being highly spoken of by our French 

 confreres^ who have had an opportunity of seeing it in a growing state. — T. M. 



GKAFTING WITH FEUIT-BUDS. 



^E cannot better show the utility of Mr. 0. Baltet's VArt de Greffer^ an 

 English translation of which has recently been published,* than by 

 quoting what he has to say on the subject referred to in the heading to 

 this article. The art of grafting has been for many years practised in a 

 variety of forms and with remarkable success by our French and Belgian 

 neighbours, and in the treatise above referred to, M. Baltet has embodied all that 



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Grafting with Fruit Buds, and its Results. 



is known on the subject. Hence the translation from which we quote, and from 

 which we copy one or two illustrative figures, will be extremely useful to the 

 gardeners of this country, both amateur and practical. On the subject of 

 Grafting with Fruit-buds, we read as follows : — 



" This interesting operation, which is more cspoaially applied to the Pear-tree, has a 

 double object. 1. The utilising of superfluous fruit-buds. 2. To render fruitful a vigorous 

 subject which does not possess fruit-bearing qualities. About the month of August, the 

 fruit-buds of ono subject which has too many, aro grafted on another which is deficient in 

 them ; and in the following year, the buds which have been thus grafted flower and bear 

 fruit much better than if they had remained on the parent tree. The operation should take 

 place when the sap begins to decline ; yot, as we have to do with trees of a certain age, we 

 should take caro not to graft too lato. "A very vigorous tree or a gourmand branch is best of 

 all for this kind of grafting. Fructification thus forced upon them will subdue them and 



* Thi Art of Grafting and Budding. By Charles Baltet. Illustrated. Loudon W. Eobiason, SoutU- 

 ampton Street. 



