GRAFTING. 



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b is the prepared scion, and c the 

 grafted plant. 



Side-f/raftinr/ is shown mfigs. 23 

 j and 25, in which /. is the stock, 

 from which a portion is cut out, 

 against which the scion e, also 

 somewhat thinned down, is to be 

 applied and made fast, as shown in 



of side -grafting, as shown in j^gr. 26, 

 in which it will be observed, that 

 the lower end of the scion is inserted 

 in a bottle of water, to supply it 

 with moisture ; a practice which, 

 though not absolutely necessary, is 

 found advantageous. In another 

 kind of side-grafting, the head of 

 the stock is cut off, and the scion 

 and the stock are cut, as shown in 

 \fig. 23. Formerly, Camellias were 

 ] very frequently grafted in this 

 manner. 



A new mode of grafting the 

 Camellia is shown in fig. 24. The 



FIG. 23. — STOCK AND SCION PREPAKED 

 FOB SIDE-GRAFTING. 



fig. 25 at g. This being done, the 

 graft is covered with grafting-wax 

 or clay, as usual. It will be observed, 

 that by this mode the head of the 

 stock is not cut off, but is left on, in 

 order to draw up the sap, and also 

 to prevent the stock from being dis- 

 figured in the event of the death of 

 the scion. There is another mode 



fig. 24. — cleft-grafting the 

 came'llia. 



head of the stock is cut off, and only 

 a single leaf left ; a cleft is then 

 made in the stock, and the scion 

 (a), with only a single leaf attached, 

 is inserted (6), The pot with the 

 grafted plant is then plunged into a 

 hotbed, and covered closely with a 

 glass. This process is called in 

 France La greffe etouffe. 



Inarching differs from the other 

 kinds of grafting, by preserving the 

 scion attached to the parent plant 



I till it has become united with the 

 stock in such a manner as to derive 



! its nourishment from it. For the 



