March.'] GREEN-HOUSE OF ENARCHING, &c. 269 



first of March or June. Place the stock contiguous to the 

 plant where the graft or enarch is to be taken from. If 

 the branches, where the intended union is to take place, 

 do not grow at equal heights, a slight stage may be erected 

 to elevate the lower pot. Take the branch that is to be 

 enarched, (the wood of last year is the most proper,) and 

 bring it in contact with the stock ; mark the parts where 

 they are to unite, so as to form a pointed arch. In that 

 part of the branch which is to rest against the stock, pare 

 off' the bark and part of the wood to about two or three 

 inches in length, and in the side of the stock which is to 

 receive the graft do the same, that the inside rind of each 

 may be exactly opposite, which is the first part where a 

 union will take place. Bind them firmly and neatly to- 

 gether with strands of Russia matting, and protect the joint 

 from the air by a coat of close composition ; clay of the con- 

 sistency of thick paint, turpentine, or wax, will equally 

 answer. Finish by fastening the grafted branch to the 

 head of the stock or a rod. Many practitioners make a 

 slit or tongue into the enarch and stock, but we find it 

 unnecessary, more tedious, and likewise more danger in 

 breaking. Camellias are also grafted and budded, but 

 these two operations require great experience and con- 

 tinued attention, and seldom prove so successful as enarch- 

 ing. When they have perfectly taken, which will be in 

 from three to four months, begin to separate them by cut- 

 ting the scion a little at three different periods, about a 

 week apart, separating it at the third time. If the head is 

 intended to be taken off the stock, do it in like manner. 

 By the above method, many kinds can be grown on the 

 same stock. The same plan applies to all evergreens. 



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