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forced melons, cucumbers, cherries, 

 and peaches." — Principles of Garden- 

 ing. See Hybridizing. 



INARCHING, or Grafting by ap- 

 proach, differs from grafting only in 

 having the scion still attached to its 



in length, and in the same manner pare 

 the stock in the proper place for the 

 junction of the graft, then make a slit 

 upward in the branch so as to form a 

 sort of tongue, and make a slit down- 

 ward in the stock to admit it; let tlie 



parent stem whilst the process of union j parts be then joined, slipping the tongue 

 with the stock is proceeding. It is the of the graft into the slit of the stock, 

 most certain mode of multiplying an | making the whole join in an exact man- 

 individual that roofs or grafts with dif- ner, and tie them closely together with 

 ficulty, but is attended with the incon- bass, and afterwards cover the whole 

 \enience that both the stock and the ! with a due quantity of clay, or wax. 

 parent of the scion must be neighbours. • After this let a stout stake be fixed for 

 The most ingenious application of in- j the support of each graft, and so fist- 

 arching is one suggested by Mr. Knight. | ened as to prevent its being disjoined 

 If a fruit-bearing branch becomes de- , from the stock by the wind, 

 ruded of its leaves above the fruit it has I The operation being performed in 

 produced, this either falls or remains , spring, let the grafts remain in that 

 stunted and deficient in flavour, owing j position about four months, when they 

 to being thus deprived of a supply of, will be united, and they may then be 

 the elaborated sap or proper juice. In j separated from the mother-tree; in 

 such case a branch having leaves of the j doing this be careful to perform it with 

 same or of a neighbouring tree, was in- 1 a steady hand, so as not to loosen or 

 arched to the denuded portion of the , break out the graft, sloping it off down- 

 branch the fruit of which he was anxious i wards close to the stock; and if the head 

 to taste. It produced that season only ' of the stock was not cut down at the 

 two peaches, and from the branch bear- ' time of grafting, it must now be done 

 ing which all the leaves had fallen : but ' close to the graft, and all the old clay 

 after the inarching the fruit proceeded i arid bandage cleared away and re- 

 to maturity. — Principles of Gardening, placed with new, to remain a few weeks 



To propagate any tree or shrub by I longer, 

 this method of grafting, if of the hardy | Observe, however, that if the grafts 

 kind, and growing in the open ground, i are not firmly united with the stock, let 

 a proper quantity of young plants for i them remain another year till autumn, 

 stocks must be set round it, and when I before you separate the grafts from the 

 grown of a proper height, the work of j parent tree. — Abercrombie. 

 inarching performed ; or if the branches " Instead of approach-grafting in the 

 of the tree you design to graft from is , usual manner, it is sometimes conve- 

 too high for the stock, stocks must be j nient to detach shoots of the kinds to 

 planted in pots, and a slight stage i be propagated from the plants on which 

 erected around the tree of due height they grew, and inarch them upon the 

 to reach the branches, and the pots ! single plant, leaving a piece at the bot- 

 containing the stock placed upon the 1 tom of each shoot sufficiently long to 



stage 



thrust into a phial, which must be kept 



As to the method of performing the constantly supplied with water." 



work, it is sometimes performed with 

 the head of the stock cut off, and some- 

 times with the head left on till the graft 

 is united with the stock, though by pre- 

 viously beheading it the work is much 

 easier performed, and having no top, its 

 whole effort will be directed to the 

 nourishment of the graft. Having the 

 stocks properly placed, make the most 



Card. Mag. 



INDIAN BAY. Lnurus indica. 



INDIAN BLUE. Nymphcea cyanea. 



INDIAN CRESS. Tropaolum. See 

 Nasturtium. 



INDIAN FIG. Opuntia. 



INDIAN LOTUS. Nymphcea lotus. 



INDIAN SHOT. Canna indica. 



INDIGOFERA. Indigo. Forty-four 



convenient branches approach the stock, species. Chiefly green-house and stove 

 and mark in the body of the branches shrubs. Young cuttings. Sandy loam 

 the parts where they will most easily ] and peat. 



join to the stock, and in those parts of 



each branch, pare away the bark and j evergreen trees and shrubs 



part of the wood two or three inches | Peat and loam. 



INGA. Twenty-eight species. Stove 

 Cuttings. 



