44 ' FRUIT GARDEN. 



It is evident that the method of j^erforming the 

 operation may be diversified to a great extent. The 

 late M; Thouin/of Paris, described, in the Aniiales du 

 Museum, nearly fifty greffes; but little practical utility 

 results from such nice distinctions. It is of great im- 

 portance that the horticulturist should be expert -in 

 the manipulation of the more common forms, such as 

 those above enumerated^ An extensive fruit garden 

 requires a frequent repetition of the operation, in order 

 to secure proper kinds, and ^productive branches. At 

 Dalkeith Park, the late Mr.^ Macdonald, .th.e excellent 

 head-gardener there, was in the practice of annually 

 inserting, on his established trees, numerous grafts, and 

 by this means was enabled to overcome the disadvantages 

 of a somewhat unfavorable- situation, especially in- re- 

 gard to subsoil, and to obtain abundant crops of large 

 and beautiful fruit. 



Root-grafting is performed in the modes just de- 

 scribed, only placing the -cion on a piece of root (as 

 a stalk), of proper thickness, and having fibres and 

 fibrils attached to it. In the most unfavorable soils, 

 some sort of fruit-trees thrive better than others ; and 

 it has been suggested, that by using root-stocks of such 

 flourishing trees, and grafting other desirable kind& on 

 them, canker may often be avoided, and the better kinds 

 of fruit produced. _ * . . 



Propagation hy Budding. — Most,kinds of'fruit-trees 

 maybe propagated by budding; and there are some, 

 such as peaches and apricots, which can scarcely be 

 multiplied in any other manner. It consists in remov- 

 ing a bud with a portion of the bark from o-ne tree, and 

 inserting it in a slit of the bark of another tree. The 

 season for performing this operation is in July or 



