religion.;, n1.^. ,-...], to insert the graft during the 



moon':. : ■ ' 



Tlir ,1. Ill !■ I cut (Pig. f):!fl) reproduced exact 

 size tV.i.i l,..i'(i , Miriocli's "History of the Propaga- 

 tion and li„i,iu,L.,.iiit of Vegetables," 1672, shows va- 

 rious kinds of grafting in vogue over two centuries ago. 

 Following is the literal explanation of the plate : 



: tlic disbnrked square. 



iitted up, in this figure somewhat 

 I be put therein. 



. gn 

 eyon ami stock for shoulder-grafting, 

 the cyons and slit of the stock for grafting 



7. The cut 

 «. The cut 



in the cleft 

 t. The stock set for ablactation or approach. 

 The cyon of the branch tor the same operation 



I carnation to be laid. 



f' i'-' ' '• ♦ ■■ > '!■-■ -nt ;^ i-rr'Tcr- '1 open, with a 



1 ;i' ' I :i:i ; :,i L! I ■ iiii; practices 



. -- • ■ • I •! 111.' •,>, lii.li' -iii.jrct of graft- 



iT the lic:i.l of "Insitions," and here he mi- 

 i-scribes the cleft-graft, and speaks of it as 

 imon way of grafting." The practice which we 

 w as inarching or grafting by aiiproach. In- sig- 

 y cills-Ablaftation"^,:!! i^. m- V.';<,./ m n..,„- 



'ow that s..muHi is s:ii.i i.l : In : iii-. r luid 



i.-liM'tion of .■iolis. it is intri. - , I ,; -I ;ir- 



s advice ou this subjt-ct : " ( i ■ . i mihl n. . . :ir.. 



■ from Cyon.s of thB like traitiulh.s.-. ' ^ I, ions 

 lest chosen from the fairest, strongest sliiiits, not 

 under shoots or suckers, which will be long ere 

 bear fruit, which is contrary to the intention of 



gav 



not pr 

 alsoei; _ 



multiplying plants. A thivl i i i |i 'im'o 

 some radical change in thi- n nm, 



as rendering it more dwari. in ;; .,' , "r 

 otherwise changing its habit. A i in i h t; ni-.il 

 office of grafting is to adapt plants to adverse 

 soils or climates. An example is the very 

 general use of the peach root in the south- 

 itrs n|jon which to work the plum, 

 1" I li 1(11 i, I. better than the plum 

 r loactioe in Russia of 

 worlvir. I 1 roots of the Siberian 



crab is .111 . \ i! iMi .if an effort to make a 

 plant iii-iii-i- ai'l- I . withstand a very se- 

 vere clii 



i.... Ill- oiroct of the 



r.iili'T iiiorr ;i mechan' 



than [ihysiological or 



ences are" very largely 



those which are associated with greater or 



less growth. As a rule, each part of the 



combined plant— the stock and cion — 



maintains its individuality. Tlicrn arc cer- 



stock on th 

 ical or phy 

 chemical 



seems to pa 



if tl; 



930. Sharrock' 



The Exemplification of the Operations bu the Figi 



a. Denotes the ordinary cuttingof the bark for inoculation. 

 !> b. The sides of the bark lifted up for the putting in of the 

 shield. 



c. The shield taken off with the bud. which lies under the 



stalk of tlie leaf cut off. 

 I n. The shield put into the stock to be hound up. 



d. The bark cut out in an oblone square, according to an- 



other usual way of inoculation. 



put upon stock JV'l 

 wli I In II, i.iii i, , I I y different character. fl fc' 



Tlirjr.u' .-.uiiir \ alii 1 1 is' of applcs and pear.s ll j 



which, when worked upon a seedling root, will I- - 

 tend tri change the habit of growth of that root. 



Examples are Northern Spy and Whitney ap- 931. stick 



pies, which, when grafted on a root of unknown of buds, 



parentage, tend to make that root grow very (X Ji.) 



