PROPAGATION BY GRAFTING 37 



In our illustrations Fig. 4 shows a cion just cut off the 

 plant. Fig. 5 shows the Manetti stock ready for grafting; 

 Fig. 6 is the Manetti stock cut down ready to receive cion; 

 Fig. 7 shows the finished grafted plant ready for the case. 



As soon as a flat is full, the plants should be set into the case 

 and closed tight, being kept shaded all the time if the sun is 

 shining on the house. The stock, when cut with the knife, 

 should look fresh and sappy. If it looks dry and hard it should 

 be rejected. Close up air-tight as soon as the case is full, always 

 keeping the cions from getting dry in the meantime. Keep a 

 thermometor in every compartment and let it stand as near 

 80 as possible, a few degrees higher is better than a degree or 

 two lower. If the cover of the case does not fit tightly, lay 

 strips of paper in and shut down on to this. If the tops look 

 at all dry, they may be sprayed with a florist's atomizer before 

 being closed. 



The case need not be opened again for five days. Then 

 open it early in the morning before there is ventilation on from 

 outside and before the sun is up to wilt the cuttings. Open wide 

 for five to ten minutes and then close again. After two or three 

 days of this treatment, a very little air may be left on altogether, 

 increasing this each day until, in about three weeks from the 

 time you commenced to open first, you can leave the cover off 

 altogether. The bottom heat may be reduced at this time also. 

 Very little water will be required the first week in the cases, 

 but afterward, as air is admitted and the plants grow, they 

 will require considerable, as the bottom heat will evaporate a 

 lot of moisture. 



During the first few days, when they are to be closed in 

 tightly, you can tell by looking through the glass whether they 

 are all right or not as regards moisture. It is possible that 

 foliage will look dry. If this should happen take off the cover, 

 spray with a fine sprayer, with warm water, and close again 

 immediately. If there is too much moisture in the case mold 



