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Nature-Study Agriculture 



Putting the 

 growing 

 layers in 

 contact 



W. T. Shilling 



FIG. 52. White roses budded on a red rose bush. All characters of the budded 

 roses as shape, size, and color are the same as they would be if the roses 

 were growing on their own bush. 



varieties that have the hardiest roots. It must be 

 remembered, however, that only closely related trees 

 can be grafted as peaches on plums or apricots, but 

 not peaches on apples. The plant into which the scion 

 is grafted is called the " stock." 



The process of grafting is not very difficult, but 

 budding is so much easier that it is more commonly 

 practiced than grafting. (Exp. 7.) 



In either grafting or budding, the most important 

 thing is to see that the growing layer of the bud or 

 graft is placed in contact with the growing layer of the 

 stock. The growing portion of a tree is the layer that 

 lies just under the bark. This is called the " cambium 



