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NEW METHODS OF GRAFTING AND BUDDING. 



shoot, the leaves of which are pinched (Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9). 

 The ligature used is wool or raffia.* Knitting takes place 

 rapidly. The ligature is removed directly it begins to cramp 



the joint. We will not 

 describe it in further 

 detail, as Figs. 4 to 10 

 explain it clearly." 

 Jouzier saw at Tarczal 

 a whole vineyard 

 grafted in this man- 

 ner, which had a very 

 satisfactory growth ; 

 but the danger of this 

 graft drying, the ne- 

 cessity of decapitating 

 the stock, and conse- 

 quently the impossi- 

 bility of making more 

 than one graft on one 

 shoot prevents us from 

 recommending it. 



The flute-graft re- 

 commended by Pro- 

 fessor Horvath is more 

 interesting. It con- 

 sists in inserting a 

 bud (scion) in place 

 of an eye of the stock. 

 It is very commonly used 



Fig. 10. 



This mode of grafting is not new. 

 for fruit trees. 



Jouzier describes it as follows :< 



" To excise the bud one cannot proceed as in the case of 

 apple or pear trees, the shoots of which are almost regularly 

 cylindrical. The considerable protuberance which corresponds 

 to each node in the vine necessitates the adoption of the fol- 

 lowing procedure : A circular incision, penetrating the whole 

 depth of the bark, is made ^ inch above the bud, and another 

 the same distance below (a a! b b' Fig. 1 1), then right and left 



* Raphia or Raffia is the thin strong cuticle of the leaf of Saqus Raphia, 

 a palm, native of Madagascar ; Raphia Tcedigera, a Brazilian species, is 

 also exported to Europe and helps to make up the bulk of the raffia of 

 commerce. [Transl.] 



