THE GRAFT 



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urij. or March will give compact blooming plants, for the 

 next winter; and thereafter new outs take their jdaces. 

 Fig. 37. 



G8. THE HARDWOOD CUTTING. lit st results are secured 

 when tht cuttings are made in the fall and then buried 

 until spring in sand in the cellar. These cuttings are 

 usually (i to 10 inches long. They are not idle while they 

 rest. The lower end calluses or heals, and the roots 

 form more readily 

 when the cutting 

 is planted in the 

 spring. But if the 

 proper season has 

 passed, take cut- 

 tings at any time in 

 winter, plant them 

 in a deep box in the 

 window. and watch. 

 They will need no 

 shading or special 

 care. Grape, cur- 

 rant, gooseberry 

 and poplar readily 

 take root from the 

 hardwood. Pig. 38 ::T - 

 shows a currant rutting 

 ground . 



II!). THE GRAFT. \\ In it tin < 

 plant rtilltt r than in I In soil . iet 



grafl may grow. In this rase 



Early winter geranium, from a spring cutting, 



It has only one hud altove the 



til ting is inst r/t it in a 

 Imei a [frail ; and t he 

 the cutting grows fast 



to i he other plant, and the two become one. When the 



cutting is inserted in a plant, it is no longer called a 



cutting, lull a cion ; and the plant in which ii Is inserted 

 is called the stock. Fruit trees are grafted iti order that 

 a certain variety or kind may h perpetuated. 



