84 OF CHAFFING. SECT. VII* 



roots, a piece being raised out of ground for the 

 purpose. 



If the seeds of fruit were left to grow up to trees 

 without grafting, they would produce a different kind 

 from that they came from ; by chance a better, but 

 most commonly a worse. The varieties of fruit we 

 have, were obtained partly from seedling stocks, 

 without grafting, and partly by an accidental differ- 

 ence, that the stock, or soil, may be given. 



Grqffing is like planting upon a plant, for though 

 there is a union of the parts, there is in fact little 

 other communication than a root has with the ground. 

 The cion, or bud, draws nourishment from the stock, 

 but no other than is properly adapted to its own pe- 

 culiar pores, which by a chemical process (suppose 

 by fermentation in its little cells) it alters, so as to 

 become exclusively its own. A great variety of fruit 

 is produced by graff planting irom the sane kind of 

 stock, (and that perhaps a mere crab,) just as a great 

 variety of plants are from the same soil : By this 

 means also, some forest, and many ornamental trees 

 and shrubs are propagated, and thus their particular 

 varieties preserved, as in all the variegated sorts, &c. 



The art of graffing is a very curious discovery, 

 and though it requires some ingenuity to perform it, 

 a few trials may make it familiar, and it will prove 

 an agreeable source of amusement and satisfaction. 



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By being able to graff, young trees may be always 

 at hand for leplacing old, or unsuccessful ones; and 

 the pleasure of obliging a friend from off our own 

 stock in this way, is peculiarly gratifying. 



Skill in this ingenious art is clearly best obtained 

 by seeing the work performed ; and at first trial to 

 have an adept at the elbow, would be of great ad- 

 vantage. There are few gardeners, (even by profes- 

 sion,) however, that practice this work, owing to the 

 number of nurserymen ready to supply trees. 



