PROPAGATIOX OF PLANTS. 149 



above and below, leaving only the bud and this leaf stock exposed. 

 Most of our nurser}Tnen practice budding more than grafting, as it 

 is a much cheaper way of getting up stock than grafting. 



In the propagation of plants by grafting it is fully as necessary to 

 know the kinds of stock to work on as it is to know how to perform 

 the operation. All pines with five needles like Cembra, parvifolia, 

 and others do well on P. Strobus; the Scotch and red pine will do 

 for all the other pines; Picea pectinata and Picea balsamea will do 

 for the silver firs; Retinispora and arbor-vitae for all the varieties 

 of the arbor-vitae Thuyas; common hemlock for all its varieties; 

 red cedar for all the junipers; common larch for all larches; Euony- 

 vius europaeiis for all Euonymus; the locust for all species of 

 Robinia; Caragana arborescens for all Caraganas; Viburnum 

 dentatum and V. opulus for all Viburnums; Ulmiis campestris for 

 all English elms, and Ubnus americana for American varieties; 

 Quercus rubra for all oaks; Betula alba for birches; English hazel 

 for all species and varieties of hazel; ]\Iazzard cherry for standard 

 and Mahaleb cherry for dwarf cherries; Primus americana and 

 Mijrobalana make good stock for all peaches, plums, nectarines, 

 and apricots; pear for standard pears; quince for dwarf pears; 

 Clematis flammula and paniculata for all clematis ; dwarf Magnolia 

 tripetala and M. accuminata for all magnolias; honey locust for all 

 species and varieties of Gleditschia; Vitis labrusca and V. aesti- 

 valis for hardy grapes; Pyrus toringo is the best stock for all flower- 

 ing apples. There are others that need special stock, but I think 

 this list will serve for most of the plants in this section. 



I hope that these few remarks may be of some benefit to many of 

 our young gardeners. 



