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jointed, take two eyed grafts ; if long, one eye will answer. The roots 

 should be cut into pieces of about three inches. I will illustrate as well 

 as I can the mode. 



With a little practice any one will be able to make a nice fit, press- 

 ing the root wedge tightly into the cleft in the under side of the graft. 

 Then wrap, and tie firmly with well-waxed thread. Pack them close 

 in a box which is a little deeper than the length of the root and graft 

 when united. 



A Root and Graft set. 



The best plan is to set a box against a wall at an angle of about forty- 

 five degrees, put in an inch of earth, then a layer of grafts just so thick 

 that they do not touch each other ; then an inch of earth again, and so 

 on, till your box is full. 



In a box of four square feet one thousand can be packed, put away 

 in the cellar, and left until warm weather comes on ; when they can be 

 brought out, set in a place where the five hottest hours of the day will 

 leave them in the shade, until they have grown about one inch, when 

 they can be set out where they are to grow. In your latitude this can 

 be done as late as the middle of April, or even the first of May, by 

 keeping the grafts a little dryer and cooler than the roots. Those need 

 not be put in the cellar. Last season I operated with Delawares as late 

 as the middle of April, and planted them out in three weeks after. I 

 did not lose five per cent. 



This plan comes into play most admirably with those difficult to 

 propagate by cuttings or eyes, such as Cynthiana, Hermann, etc. 



Here, then, is a way of getting vines cheap. A glass house, a stock 

 of pots, and a professional propagator — all are dispensed with. 



If this appears in your Journal for April, I have no doubt you will 

 have the thanks of a number of your readers. 



February i8, 1870. 



