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THE TREE PROPAGATOR AND PLANTER. 



as these have made a foot of growth, shift them into 

 32-size pots, and continue them in a lively heat, giving 

 them liquid manure. 



By Cuttings. — Any ordinary cuttings from the 

 general pruning may be made into lengths of 10 or 

 12 inches, trimmed at the base just below a bud, and 

 dug into the ground in some moist and warm spot. 



lug. 41. — Grape-vine cutting, 

 with a heel. The line shows 

 the depth to insert it in the 

 soil. 



Fig. 42. — Grape-vine Eye. 



Grafting is done in some particular cases, with scarce 

 sorts, on strong-growing common kinds. The stock 

 should be excited a bit before the scion is put on. 

 The scion may consist of two or more eyes, and is 

 done as for Apples or Pears, except that the pots 

 containing the stock grafted must be plunged in a 

 gentle bottom heat, and the union should be covered. 



Layering may be done in pots indoors, or in the 

 soil with outdoor vines, in the spring or autumn. Let 

 an eye or two be buried below the surface of the earth, 

 or a young rod may be drawn through the hole in the 

 bottom of the pot, and an eye scraped with the knife, or 

 at least just below the eye, so as to give a check to the 

 sap ; this eye must be fixed about the middle of the 

 pet, and the pot then filled up with a good compost 

 of dung and maiden soil. 



Seed-sowing may be resorted to when new sorts are 

 wished for. Sow the seed in the early spring in pots 

 or pans, and set in a good lively heat ; pot off as soon 

 as possible, and encourage them on. 



