66 GRAFTING. 
to undergo the process of inarching. In most of these eases the 
head of the stock is retained, and the scion introduced at the side ; 
but as soon as the graft has taken, and has thrown out a sufficient 
number of leaves to carry on the elaboration of the sap, all the - 
branches of the original plant above the graft are cut away to 
strengthen the inarched one. . 
Camellias are also now frequently grafted in a manner first prac- 
tised in Belgium, but afterwards greatly improved in the nursery of 
M. Soulange Bodin at Fromont, near Paris, and which has the 
advantage of producing flowering plants much sooner than by any 
other plan. This mode of grafting, which is called la grefe éloujrée. 
may be practised at any season, and on a stock of any age from the 
cutting of a year old, to the long established plant, provided it be 
heaithy, and of sufficiently small size to be grown ina pot. There 
are two modes of performing this kind of grafting; and by the first, 
which is called la greffe étouffée en fente, and which is a kind of cleft 
grafting, the head of the stock is cut off close to a leaf which has a 
strong healthy bud in its axil. The cut is made sloping upwards to 
the leaf, and on the preservation of this leaf and bud a great part of 
the success of the operation depends. ‘The stock is then split in face 
of the leaf and bud to a depth equal to two-thirds of its thickness ; 
and the scion, which has been previously cut with a sharp knife into 
the shape of a wedge terminating in a sharp point, is inserted. The 
bark of the stock and that of the scion are united as closely as 
possible, and the two are tied closely together; the wound in the 
scion, where the head was cut off, being covered with pitch, to 
prevent the possibility of any moisture entering the wood, though no 
pitch is permitted to touch the point of junction between the scion 
and the stock, lest it should prevent the uniting of the bark. As 
soon as the operation is finished, the pot containing the stock must 
be plunged into a bed of tan, lukewarm if it be in spring, and hot if 
it be in winter, and covered closely with a bell, or hand glass. The 
glasses ought to be taken off every second day, and wiped, as too 
much humidity will make the young plants damp off; and the 
glasses may be left off for an hour or two occasionally, if the plants 
appear too moist. The second mode of performing this kind of 
grafting, and which is that generally practised in autumn, in Belgium, 
is called la greffe élouffée en placage, or la greffe des Belges; and is a 
‘ina of side grafting, or rather of inarching. It consists in eutting 
