ORAFTINQ TUK CACTUS TRIBE. 



GRAFTING THE CACTUS TRIBE. 



The method employed in graftiug Cacti is thus described, in tlic Cnrdmers^ 

 Chronicle, by Mr. John Green, one of the most skilful growers of ornamental 



plants : "I grow four 

 stocks, Percskia acule- 

 ata, Cereus bexagonus, 

 and Cereus spcciosissi- 

 mus ; I prefer the latter, 

 on account of its hardy, 

 lasting, and robust ha- 

 bit. I grow the stocks 

 freely till they attain 

 the height that I want 

 them. Some I grow 

 with five or six stems, 

 from one to five feet 

 high ; others I grow 

 with one stem, from 

 one to four feet ; the 

 short stems I ingraft 

 at the top with the 

 Epiphyllura speciosum 

 and Ackermanni, the 

 tall single stems with 

 E. truncatum, and some 

 from the surface of the 

 pot to the top, all of 

 which is of course ac- 

 cording to individual 

 fancy ; E. truncatum 

 should always be en- 

 grafted high, without 

 which, from its droop- 

 ing habit, the greater 

 part of the beauty of 

 the bloom is lost. The 

 grafts that I find to 

 succeed the best, are young growing shoots, about one and a half or two inches 

 long. I pare off the outer skin or bark for about half an inch at the base of the 

 and cut what is intended to be inserted into the stock in the shape 



