68 AZALEA CULTURE. 



interesting for amateur cultivators of this plant, the work 

 is so easily performed, and with good success. 



Three or four days' time will decide whether they are 

 going to unite. Do not forget that the younger both the 

 graft and the stock is, the more successful you will be. 

 After the plants are grafted the stocks will throw out shoots 

 below the graft ; rub these off, and allow nothing to grow 

 but the newly-inserted graft. One year old healthy stocks 

 are the most suitable to use for grafting. Do not attempt 

 to graft old plants. It can be done, but it will be better to 

 allow experienced growers to do it. Amateurs had better 

 work old plants by inarching. 



