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theories respecting these influenc 

 a rather sandy foundation of facts. 



There are two general methods of Grafting, 

 1st, with Scions, 2d, with Buds. 



I. SCION-GRAFTING, (07' SClOning.) 



As we have said above, a graft, consisting 

 of a twig containing two or more buds, is 

 called a scion. The art of uniting such a 

 graft to a stock, may be called scion-grafting, 

 or, if the term were in use, we should prefer 

 to call it scioning. 



It is a general rule that scions succeed much 

 better, when they have been cut some time 

 previously to their being set. The best time 

 to cut them, is from the middle of January to 

 the last of February, although they may be 

 taken from the trees, at any time from late 

 autumn until spring. In order to keep scions 

 until they may be used, nothing more is neces- 

 sary than to thrust their lower ends into the 

 ground, in a shady place, say close on the 

 north side of the trunk of the tree from which 

 they were cut ; or a better way is to set them 

 half their length deep, in a box of fine soil in 

 a cellar. Scions of stone-fruits require to be 

 kept with more care than those of the apple 



