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cannot be produced in this way ; but this is an error. It 

 is true, however, that very few good plants are thus pro- 

 duced. If only good, strong wood were used, grown on 

 vigorous plants, and so far advanced in ripeness as to have 

 the eyes well developed, as good plants can be grown in 

 this way as from ripe wood eyes. But when weak shoots 

 or laterals are used, and when two or three crops of shoots 

 or eyes are taken from the same plants, by a forced growth, 

 the plants are not good. No purchaser of ordinary intel- 

 ligence can be deceived with them. They are generally 

 sold on account of their cheapness, and those who buy 

 them on that account should not complain. My opinion 

 is, in regard to plants, that if they are strong, well rooted, 

 and well ripened, it is of no consequence how they were 

 propagated. 



In propagating from green-wood cuttings, the eyes are 

 prepared in the same manner as ripe-wood eyes, but the 

 leaf, or a portion of it, is left attached to each one, and 

 they must have a bottom heat of 70 or 80, or even 

 more. 



In two or three weeks they will be rooted sufficiently 

 to bear transplanting, and then they are treated as other 

 plants in the same condition ; usually, however, they are 

 kept under glass until the end of the season. 



Grafting. In the case of new and rare varieties, graft- 

 ing has been, and is, employed with great success. We 

 have grown Delawares fifteen or sixteen feet high, and of 

 unusual thickness, from the graft, in one season, under glass. 



Very small pieces, say two inches, if small roots, are 

 used, as the object is merely to furnish a temporary sup- 

 port to the eye, until its own roots have been produced. 



The root is cut to a wedge shape at the upper end, and 

 the cion, a single eye, with about an inch of wood, is 

 set on it like a saddle, and tied with a thread. 



The planting and subsequent treatment is just the same 

 as for eyes. 



