CHAPTER IX. 



ENGRAVING SHOWING STOCK SUITABLE FOR GRAFTING. HOW 



TO GRAFT. ENGRAVING SHOWING HOW TO INSERT THE 



GRAFT. ENGRAVING SHOWING PLANT GRAFTED. DIREC- 

 TIONS FOR GRAFTING. 



Figure 20 represents the Azalea stock, which is one 

 year old, in a two-inch pot. Plant six inches high. 



Notice in the engraving where the line is 

 drawn and marked A. This is where the 

 top should be taken from the plant to 

 insert the graft. The smallest particle is 

 only taken off. 



The stocks are not fit to graft upon if 

 they are not in a growing state, and having 

 young wood on the tip ends where the grafts 

 are to be placed. The graft which is to be 



inserted in this stock must also be of the 

 Fig. 20. 



Oi , young wood. 



Stock one year 



old. The younger the wood is of both, the 



surer the success. 



Do not cut the top from the stocks before you are 

 ready to place the grafts on them. 



The same care should be taken of the grafts, not for- 

 getting that a newly-made wound, if bandaged and attended 

 to immediately, is more quickly healed than one which has 

 remained open some time. 



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