42 MONOGRAPHY OF THE GENUS CAMELLIA. 



immediately, hermetically covered, with a bell-glass. At the expiration of 

 fifteen days, the graft is perfectly united, and in three weeks, at the farthest, 

 the plant is ready for sale. 



It is superfluous to remark, that this graft, during the whole time that 

 it remains under the bell-glass, to form the desired union, should always 

 have the protection of a green-house, if the operation is performed in the 

 summer, and of a glazed but unheated pit, if at any other season. 



Inarching — by cuttings. — Heretofore, in uniting the graft to the stock, 

 it was planted like a cutting, near the root of the stock, and a result was 

 produced, very nearly like that which is obtained by the Belgic graft j but 

 this mode of operating, requiring a branch of a certain length, the same num- 

 ber of plants cannot be obtained from the parent Camellia j but still, this 

 mode, as well as that of the Belgians, is economical and expeditious. 



