GRAPTING. 



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GRAFTING. 



mode of performing tte operation, 

 see Inarchixg. 



To gi-aft with success, the opera- 

 tion is best performed in spring, 

 immediately before the buds of the 

 scion begin to expand; and, in 



FIG. 25. — SIDE-GBAFTING WITH THE 

 SCIOK B0T7ND OX THE STOCK. 



general, the scion ought, in this 

 respect, to be in advance of the 

 stock ; a resiilt which is obtained 

 by cutting off the scions from the 

 parent plant in the winter season, 

 and inserting their ends in the soil 

 in a cool shady place in the garden 

 till they are wanted in spring. In 

 performing the operation, it is 



necessary to have a very sharp 

 knife ; for if the slightest roughness 

 is left on the parts of the scion and 

 the stock which are to be united, 

 their perfect union cannot be effected. 

 The operation ought also to be per- 

 formed with rapidity, so as to expose 

 the naked sections of the scion and 



FIG. 26.— GRAFTING WITH THE EJTD OF 

 THE SCION IX A BOTTLE OF WATER. 



stock for as few moments as possible 

 to the atmosphere. When the 

 plants to be grafted are in pots, 

 they should immediately afterwards 

 be placed in a gentle heat, and kept 

 moist ; and if covered with a bell- 

 glass, so much the better. The 

 latter practice may be considered as 

 essential in the case of grafting 

 Orange trees, Camellias, Rhododen- 

 drons, Daphnes, Arbutus, Magnolias, 

 &c. Grrafts made in the open air, 



