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displacement may occur; the pots being allowed to re- 

 main at hand for replacing, in case of unfavorable changes 

 in the weather. Provided no accident has occurred, and 

 the work has been well done, the scion will start with the 

 vijor of a natural shoot, and make about an equal growth 

 the first season. A cane may be obtained the first sea- 

 son, which will be abundantly able to bear a good crop 

 the following summer. Judging from present experi- 

 ence, I see no reason why this mode of grafting should 

 not come into general use, and prove invaluable to the 

 vineyardist. 



Of the various forms of whip-grafting, it is scarcely 

 necessary to speak, inasmuch as the operation is attended 

 by very indifferent success in most cases. Should any 

 one wish to try experiments in this direction, it will be 

 necessary to bear in mind two imperative conditions : 

 First, to bind the scion with great firmness ; and, second- 

 ly, to keep it moist with grafting-clay, and a wrapping of 

 wet moss over all. 



In " The Gardener's Monthly," vol. ii. p. 347, is a de- 

 scription of a mode practised with success by Mr. Corne- 

 lius, which we copy, not merely as it is interesting in 

 itself, but also because it illustrates many other modifica- 

 tions in grafting : 



