84 THE PARLOR GARDENER. 



Grafting Camellias. 



Now, ladies, that you know how to graft 

 orange trees, you can, without further teaching, 

 graft the single camellias that you have multi- 

 plied by slips ; the proceeding is exactly the 

 same. You must not, however, take for grafts 

 as you did for the orange branches bearing 

 flower buds ; the flower buds would not bloom, 

 and the flower-bearing branches would with dif- 

 ficulty be made to grow to the stock. You also 

 already know that the bud of the camellia only 

 takes with certainty in the warm greenhouse ; 

 unaided by artificial heat, the sap of the camellia, 

 much less active than that of the orange, would 

 not suffice to assure the success of the grafting. 



Moreover, I would have you remark, ladies, 

 that grafting offers you infinite resources for re- 

 juvenating old camellias that have gone out of 

 fashion. Graft upon their boughs, whatever their 

 age may be, young shoots of camellia, of the kind 

 that may be most in fashion at the time. Camel- 

 lias, like yourselves, are subject to the caprices 

 of fashion. These grafts will always take; the 



