164 A GUIDE TO FLORICULTURE. 



Take the plant intended to propagate from, and place it on 

 a bench where it cannot be disturbed ; then take a knife 

 and cut a piece about two inches long from the side of the 

 branch intended for the stock ; then take the stock, and cut 

 it in the same manner as you did the other plant, and as 

 near the same size as possible ; when this is done, take the 

 scion and stock and place them together j then tie them 

 with bass. Be particular and make the bark of each 

 meet ; cover both with grafting wax, to exclude the atmos- 

 pheric air from the wounded parts. The stock must be 

 placed on a bench higher than the large plant, and in such 

 a position, that neither can be disturbed, or it will fail to 

 unite. A great nicety is required in the performance of the 

 operation. It must be done in a careful way, or you will 

 not succeed. In six weeks examine the plant, and, if 

 found to be united, tie it up again, for fear of accident, for 

 three or four weeks longer, when you may cut off the 

 head of the stock, and separate your plant from the parent, 

 with great care, to avoid accident ; then dispense with the 

 bandage, and treat the plant the same as an old one. 



The first season, allow no flower buds to grow, as it will 

 weaken the plant. The process of inarching is easier de- 

 scribed than performed, for unless a person has seen the 

 operation performed he had better pay an experienced gar- 

 dener for instruction. The Camellia is frequently in- 

 creased by budding^ which is much practised in France 

 with decided success, and is meeting with approval 

 amongst florists in this country. Every eye or bud 

 makes a plant, and the budding can be performed at 

 any time when the bark parts freely. During this opera- 

 tion, the plant should be kept in one degree of heat ; it 



