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care Propagation by cuttings Selecting, cutting and 

 keeping budwood and cions Materials and tools used in 

 performing the work Grafting-wax Budding-knives 

 Shears Grafting-iron Shield-budding Shield-budding 

 with a right-angled incision Shield-budding with a 

 curved incision Cleft-grafting Whip-grafting Crown- 

 grafting Sprig-grafting Inarching. 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



Stocks for Citrus Trees .................................. 197-218 



Soil adaptations Mutual influence of stock and cion 

 Sour orange stock Rough lemon stock Trifoliate or- 

 ange stock Mr. Taber's experimental grove Sweet or- 

 ange stock Pomelo stock Lime stock. 

 CHAPTER XXVIII. 



Citrus Soils ............................................. 219-224 



The ideal soil Florida Soils High pine land Flat 

 woods land High hammock land Low hammock land 

 Louisiana soils California soils Mesas Foot-hills. 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



Locating the Citrus Grove .............................. 225-232 



Carrying quality of the fruit Transportation Frosts 

 Air drainage Timber belts Wind-breaks Irrigation 

 Insects. 



CHAPTER XXX. 



Preparations for Planting ............................... 233-246 



Clearing the land Cultivation previous to planting 

 Grove plans Triangular system Square system Hex- 

 agonal system Quincunx system Number of trees per 

 acre Hedge plantings Double plantings Leveling and 

 smoothing Distances apart Laying out before plant- 

 ing Laying out with the plow Laying out in rectangles 

 with a wire Laying out in triangles Laying out in hex- 

 agons Laying out in quincunx. 



CHAPTER XXXI. 



Setting the Grove ....................................... 247-262 



Selecting varieties Adaptation of varieties Relative 

 members of varieties Purchasing trees Buy early 

 Substitution The unaccredited tree peddler Visit the 



