TMi: PlvOl'AiiATlMN OF t'LANTS 1M9 



spriiijtJC tliey are set into tli»' ground up to the 

 top bud. 



2X). Single-oyo ciittiiif^s — tliat is, one-})ud 

 cuttings — an» sonictinics oniploycd when buds 

 aro scareo, as in in'w or raio plants. Tlifse are 

 usually startt'tl u!idt'i' irlass. Tln'v ai'f planted 

 half an in<'li or an inch dcfji, in an oi»li(|U»' or 

 horizontal position. 



2.')(). Grafting is thf (^juTation of making 

 ono jtlant, or a part of it, grow upon another 

 plant. Tiie part which is transfcrnMl or trans- 

 plantod is tlic cion ; tli«^ i>lant into which this 

 part is trans])laiitt'tl is tlio stock. 



■_'.".7. A cion may contain one bud or many. 

 It may be inserted in a <deft or split in tlie 

 wood of the stork, or it may bo inserted 

 between tlif baik ami wood of the stock. A 

 single bud which is inserted between the l)ark 

 and wood is technically known as a " bud," an<l 

 the pi-occss of inserting it is known as budding; 

 l>ut budding is only a special kind of grafting. 



'2'.^>^. The cion and stock unite b«'cause the 

 cainl>ium of the two grow together. This cani- 

 bium is between the bark and the wood ("JOT): 

 therefore it is imj>ortant that the inner face of 

 the bark of the cion (or bud) l)e applied to the 

 surface of the woo<l of the stock ; or, if the 

 cion is inserted in a <'Ieft, that the line between 

 the bark, in the two, come together. 



