10 Principles of Plant Culture. 



manner. This pertains to the art of grafting. The same 

 person might be taught the reasons ivliy each step of the 

 process is performed in its particular manner. This 

 pertains to the science of grafting. One may become a 

 skilled grafter without learning the science of grafting, 

 but he cannot graft intelligently. The artisan, however 

 skillful, who knows only the art, cannot become a master 

 workman in the highest sense until he learns also the 

 science that underlies his trade. 



The art of doing any kind of work is best learned by 

 working under the guidance of a skilled workman. The 

 science is best learned from books with the help of trained 

 instructors. Science not yet wrought out, and hence not 

 explained in publications, is learned by close, persistent 

 and thoughtful observation and study. 



3. Environment is a term used to express all the out- 

 side influences, taken as a whole, that aifect a given 

 object in any way. A plant or animal, for example, is 

 affected by various external conditions, as heat, moisture, 

 light, food etc. These conditions and all others that in- 

 fluence the plant or animal make up its environment. 



4. What is Culture? The well-being of a plant or 

 animal depends very much upon a favorable condition of 

 environment, and with the proper knowledge, we can do 

 much toward keeping the environment in a favorable 

 condition. For example, if the soil in which a plant is 

 rooted lacks plant food, we can enrich it; if it lacks 

 sufficient moisture, we can dampen it; if the plant is 

 shaded by weeds, we can remove them. These, and any 

 other things that we can do to make the environment 

 more favorable, constitute culture in the broadest sense 



