CHAPTER X. 



ENGRAVING OF PLANT SIX WEEKS AFTER BEING GRAFTED. 



ENGRAVING OF GRAFTED PLANT WITH THE TOP NIPPED 



OUT. TIME TO RE-POT YOUNG GRAFTED PLANTS. THREE 



ENGRAVINGS OF PLANTS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR YEARS 

 FROM GRAFT. 



Figure 23 represents a plant six weeks after being 

 grafted. The graft is firmly united to the stock. It has 

 made a growth of about two inches before the thread 

 has been taken off. These plants will all 

 require re-potting. Give them three- 

 inch pots, which is one size larger than 

 those in which they have been grafted. 

 Fresh soil at this time will encourage the 

 grafts to grow. 



Remove these to the open air in May. 

 Plunge the pots in sand, taking the neces- 

 sary precaution to set them out on a wet 

 day. 



Nip the tops from the grafts before 

 putting them outside, and they will have 

 the appearance of figure 24. These 

 plants require nothing further for the summer except water 

 at the roots when dry, and syringe once or twice a day. 



Occasionally during the summer nip the tops, in order 

 that they may begin early to form heads. 



Remove to the greenhouse in September. Syringe once 



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Fig. 23. 



Graft firmly 

 united. 



