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NEW METHODS OF GRAFTING AND BUDDING. 



wounds or axillary buds. We must avoid wounded scion- 

 buds, for it is always from these wounds that desiccation 

 starts. 



We have often seen grafts not starting to grow until the 

 following spring ; therefore, we must not conclude that the 

 graft is lost, simply because it does not start growing the 



year it has been performed. 

 All these details must not be 

 neglected ; they all are neces- 

 sary conditions of success, and 

 all operators know how deli- 

 cate the grafting above ground 

 is, and how many failures 

 have been met with. We have 

 studied this graft successfully 

 for many years, and are con- 

 vinced as to its results when 

 made under the conditions 

 above described. 



After a few trials, the oper- 

 ator acquires the way of using 

 the grafting knife so as to 

 graft well and quickly. 

 These modifications also apply to the grafts known as 

 inlaid-budding. The bud in this case is excised, starting 

 from the opposite side, as previously. If the scion is to 

 take the place of another bud it is easy to see that the sec- 

 tion must be plane, and that it will easily fit on the stock 

 (Figs. 65 and 66). 



If the scion is to be placed on an internode or old stock, 

 its section must be slightly curved (Fig. 68). We see that 

 the section of the bud (Fig. 67) has to be curved in the same 

 way. This graft must be waxed, or ligatured with lead foil. 

 The best time to make these grafts is the end of May or 

 the beginning of June,* when the vines have ceased to 

 bleed. 



HERBACEOUS BUDDING WITHOUT SAP-WOOD. 



The Salgues budding with sap-wood is a very difficult 

 mode of multiplication, even notwithstanding all the im- 

 provements made upon it by different horticulturists, and 

 the causes of its non-success are not well known. The main 



Fig. fl6. Grafr made 

 with Flat Scion. 



Fig. t>7. 

 Curved Scion for 



grafting 

 on old stock. 



* November or December in Victoria, 



