XVI. 



GRAFTING, OR HORTICULTURAL CONVERSK N. 



DURING the first warm still days of this month, 

 as soon as the buds begin to swell, grafting 

 should be performed. The operation is neither 

 so agreeable nor successful on cold, windy days. 

 This simple but very useful labor of spring can 

 be learned by once witnessing it, better than 

 from any description ; and in every locality there 

 are adepts in the art, who will either do the work 

 or show the amateur how to perform it himself, 

 which is better. On almost every place there 

 are vigorous young trees grown from chance 

 seed, but this wild or natural fruit is of but lit- 

 tle value. By a few grafts we can put all this 

 native vigor of growth into some of the most 



