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gard, or Dracaena and Yucca leaves split into strips, of which 

 I shall speak more at length, in "tying the vine." 



In France, there is a good deal of grafting done in the shops, 

 or in nursery. I have tried repeatedly to graft young vines in 

 the shop in winter^ as is done so much with fruit trees, but 

 never had success enough to induce me to recommend it. It 

 seems that they need a strong and vigorous flow of sap, to 

 unite well, and that this is too tardy in the transplanted vine to 

 make a good union. If cuttings or seedlings are planted in 

 nursery, not too close, and grafted the following spring, this 

 may do very well. They ought, in that case, remain in the 

 nursery until next spring, or winter, and then transplanted 

 at once to the vineyard. This would be valuable to filll va- 

 cancies especially. But on the whole I much prefer grafting 

 in vineyard. The cultivation of the grafts will be similar to 

 that of other vines, and therefore need not be discussed here. 



HERBACEOUS OR GREEN GRAFTING. 



This is a good deal practiced in Hungary, and is strongly 

 recommended by that eminent practical grape grower, and 

 writer on viticultural matters, Herman Goethe, Director of the 

 oenological institute at Marburg, to whom we owe some of the 

 best books on Viticulture we possess in the German language. 

 It is rather a supplement to spring grafting, and would be of 

 great value in many respects, if it can be made successful, al- 

 so for grafting in nursery during the summer. It would be 

 easy in this case, to graft the suckers of such vines as may 

 have failed to grow, and thus make the stand complete the 

 first year. But after a trial of two seasons, I fear it will not 

 prove successful here, as very few of the grafts united, but 

 nearly all wilted off. I think that our summers are too dry 

 at the period at which it ought to be performed, in June, to 

 make it practicable. This may, however, be overcome in a 

 certain measure by grafting close to the surface, filling around 



