664 



GRAPTAGE 



the orchard, the original root may be cut off in case it is 

 not very vigorous ; although this is not done if the 

 union seems to be good and the foster roots are strong. 

 This root-grafting is done in winter (Dec. and Jan. 

 preferred) ; the grafts are stored in clean sawdust, sand 

 or moss in a cool cellar, and ar*^ si.-t in nursery rows in 

 the open early in the sprinr, aftir the manner of grape 

 cuttings. 



The waxe 1 trmg w tl 1 1 1 "raft are 



tied, may be ma le I 1 n t tl p 



melted graft ng va\ ^^ 1 

 minutes the \ 11 1 



strand can rail 

 this purpo. e N 

 enough to hold t] 

 so that it may 1 

 the fingers. It 

 thereby not nt 

 grafting is Ion 



be 



GRAFTAGE 



sometimes grafted for the novelty of having more than 

 one variety growing on the same root. Probably most 

 herbaceous plants can be grafted readily, with the excep- 

 tion of the endogens, 

 which do not lend them- T" ^ k . 



selves to the operation, . / tV f i / 



although there are in- 

 stances in wh ch graft .^ 



lou has been m le s t ^ if^ '' 



ssful on them In , ''^ 



r ler to s icceed w ith an 



I aceo IS cion it is 



ess iry that the room 



thti clo e and moist 



rder that evaporation 



not I e -v er> rapid 



si ould endeavor to 



the 



u t 1 1 taken 



place It s usually I est 

 to cover the union w th 

 OSS or some other n a 

 terial in order to protect 

 the wound and to check 

 evaporation. Best re- 

 sults are secured when 



the 



in tex 



of herbaceous cuttings. The kind of graft is of 

 less importance, although it is customary to use the 

 veneer-graft eious, since there is less injury to the stock 

 and the outer surfaces are easily applied to each other. 

 The cion ordinarily consists of one or two joints, and if 

 the leaves are large, they are cut in two, as in the mak- 

 ing of softwood cuttings. 



Inarching. — In those cases in which union takes 

 place with much difficulty, it is possible to effect the 

 conjunction by allowing the cion to grow fast to the 

 stock before the cion is severed from its own roots. 

 The plant which it is desired to have grow on the 

 stock is bent over to the stock, the surfaces of the two 

 are exposed so that the cambiums may be pressed close 

 together, and the two are then bound "until union takes 



g'l 



the uni( 

 is also 1 

 warp-tl] 



grasped 



946. Veneer-Eraftine. 



Waxed Manila paper, cut in narrow strips, 

 h usid; ;ilso single strand cotton " chain" or 



1, . Iilic 1 \,:i\i(l or not waxed. 



> : li a handle large enough to be 



I : ^ 1 1 1 1 for whip-grafting. The blade 



i:, !,, ■ ' I'lr steel of best quality. The 



.1 I ' '■ ii'iir'. Ki". MM ^l-ow n f'onimon 



considi tmi ' ! ' ' "■''' ''rna- 



mental pl:in!', '■'■:i-' I- m -iiiiii;;. r'liiiiii.. I'iii^^ till, sur- 

 faces of oimi and stock and applying the one to the 

 Other (Fig. 945). The cion is bound to the stock by 

 raffia or other material. If the graft is in the open the 

 wounds are thoroughly waxed ; but in the house they 

 may be covered merely with moss. This style of union 

 is used with herbaceous plants, as well as on hard 

 wood. Sometimes the stock is severed at the point of 

 union, as in Fig. 945 ; but in other cases it is not sev- 

 ered nor bended hack until the cion has taken hold 

 (Fiir. '.ifiii. In the latter case, the stock is not injured 

 in I'.i^.' ilir i;r:itt does not grow. 



II, rh,,.,..ii!i ./rartiflf/. - Pelargoniums, chrysanthe- 

 mums and other soft-wooded greenhouse plants are 



the greenhouse when it is desired to trans- 

 fer the whole top or the whole branch of one 

 plant to another. The illustration (Fig. 947) 

 shows such a case. Inarching is seldom 

 employed in this country in n roninKreinl 



Inarching is sometimrs riii|il".yiil l.i unite 

 two branches into one lor ilie |.i]r]iosi. <■< 

 making a specimen ftnii ■im\v i ir^, r. 11, 

 for example, a twir "I ' ' ' ' ' "' i^ i"- 

 arched into a limb jn: i i : m,iIm> 



extra food supply m ■ ! i "i '" 



grow larger, and a ti! ■ : : i , . 1. 



obtained. This use oip , . i , < ,i 



only for the purpose _ :: i.i- 



specimens for cxhiliii I - 



Sri(1f/e-grafting. — \\"''i''' < r^i'^N- ^r:ry 

 he bridged by cions. as in iig. >.i-tK. irjiii 

 the edges of'the girdle to the fresh, lirm 

 tissue, insert cions which are whittled wedge- 

 shape at each end, draw bandages around 

 the trunk sn ns to hold the free edges of the 

 bark nn.] Ilie ends of the cions, and pour 

 melti d «,i\ ii\,r the work. This operation 

 is [M I iMime! ill ..pring, with dormant cions. 94g_ Bridge- 

 Prevent the lunls from throwing out shoots. grafting. 



