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growth, would entitle them to true lustre on any lady 'is toilet, or 

 drawing room table, and such is the deception, that I have been 

 asked by several, if both flowers did not come from the same 

 bulb. 



ARTICLE VI. 

 ON GRAFTING THE ROSE. 



BY ROSA. 



The following method of cultivating the Rose by grafting, is very 

 interesting, and successful, as well as having the advantage of 

 economy, as you make use of the cuttings of the pruned trees, 

 which would otherwise be lost. It must be remembered, however, 

 that it should only be practised upon free well rooted stocks, as 

 otherwise the delay in the rising of the sap, and the uncertainty of 

 the supply, frequently defeat the purpose. Grafting, therefore, 

 should succeed budding on the same stock, not precede it : as a 

 bud failing on the stock, if the branch be not destroyed while the 

 sap is up, leaves the stock still vigorous in the ground; if therefore 

 you wish to try this mode it, should be upon stocks that have had 

 a spring to root themselves. 



The points to be desired, are, that the barks of scion and stock 

 should be cut quite smooth, and not separated from the wood they 

 grow upon— that neither should be bruised^-when they are put to- 

 gether they should fit close -a supply of sap should commence as 

 soon as possible— that all sun, wind, and rain should be kept 

 from the wound till healed, and that no ligament should be removed 

 nor shake given to the parts newly placed in contact, till they are' 

 perfectly healed; any jar to the scion when placed is likely to 

 to defeat the purpose. 



GRAFTING, 

 If you have a good choice of shoots in March, from your trees, 

 which you desire should not be wasted, examine your shoots after- 

 pruning each tree, select those which are the finest, and place their 

 thickest ends (taking care that the produce of each tree be tied hi a 

 leparate bundle and ticketed) in a lump of moist clay an inch deep, 

 pinch the clay tight round them, and then put the lump of clay 

 in a pot full of earth (leaving the shoots out) until ready for use, 



