- CHAPTER XXIX. 



ON GRAFTING FOR AMATEURS, OR FOR THOSE WHO 

 HAVE A SMALL COLLECTION OF CAMELLIAS. EN- 

 GRAVING SHOWING HOW SINGLE PLANTS CAN BE 



GRAFTED SUCCESSFULLY, WITH COMPARATIVELY 



AU A^C t-Aj-r 

 LITTLE LABOR. ALSO ENGRAVING OF M3f PROCESS 



OF INARCHING. 



FORMER chapters of this book tell how grafting ought 

 to be done, and the kind of wood to be used; also the 

 time it takes to perform this work. 



I have often seen in amateur collections many single 

 and semi-double varieties, which are of very little value 

 for their flowers. 



These can be made of some value by grafting them 

 with some good double kind. 



One great advantage which is to be gained in grafting 

 old plants is, that in two years, the plant will be as large 

 as it was before it was cut down for grafting. 



The growth the first season will probably be from six 

 to twelve inches. 



The second season it will bud and bloom with perhaps 

 one dozen flowers. 



Fig. 32 represents a semi-double plant, cut back and 

 grafted. 



Hyacinth glasses are used here to cover and protect 

 the grafts. 



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