NEW METHODS OF GRAFTING AND BUDDING. 



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FIG. 9. 



SAME AS 8 MAGNIFIED. THE TYING OF BUDS HAS BEEN MADE 

 WITHOUT USING THE FOIL. 



(Rev. de Fit., 1895.) 



MEANS OF INSURING THE SUCCESS OF HERBACEOUS GRAFTS. 



Selection of shoots bearing buds for scions. We should, always 

 choose branches growing from eyes which would have normally 

 remained dormant till the following season, in preference to branches 

 growing from buds bursting out normally. Shoots of medium or 

 rather small diameter are to be preferred. These shoots will furnish 

 the scion-buds which are to be grafted on the old wood. The diameter 

 of the shoot from which the scion-bud is cut must always be a little 

 smaller than the diameter of those upon which it is to be grafted. 

 The best shoot is that developed in the shade; branches exposed to 

 direct sunlight must always be rejected; the shoot should be light 

 green in color, but not yellow. 



The petioles of the leaves of the shoot should be of a whitish-green 

 color, even a little pinkish, slightly transparent at the point of junc- 

 tion with the limb. Shoots bearing leaves with deep green or reddish 

 petioles should be rejected. The eyes of the extremity and base of 

 the shoots, together with those placed at the base of the leaves having 

 a very slender or very long petiole should not be used. 



