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the graft to be the top of the inarch; having placed them 

 together, cut off a thin slice of the stock upward, and an- 

 other from the graft where it is intended to be united, in 

 such a manner that when put together they make a complete 

 fit, by the rind of the graft and stock coming together on 

 each side. They are then to be carefully bound together, 

 covered, and treated in the same manner as before named ; 

 and when united the inarch or graft may be cut from the 

 mother plant, and the top from the stock, and placed in a 

 shady situation. 



ART. 2. Propagating Green-house Plants by Cuttings. 

 There are various methods of propagating green-house 

 plants by cuttings, although they all may be reduced to one 

 principle, viz. the taking the young shoot of the plant at a 



joint, cutting it level just below 

 an eye or bud, cutting off one or 

 two of the under leaves, and pre- 

 paring it in such a manner as 

 described in Pig. 10, in order 

 that it forms a callus over the 

 wound, or cut part, from which, 

 when properly covered, pro- 

 trudes small fibrous roots, which 

 finally make a young plant, and 

 is to be potted and treated in 

 the same manner as the parent. 



Cuttings may be divided into t\vo classes soft wooded 

 and hard wooded ; the former are exemplified in the Gera- 

 nium, Rose, Verbena, &c.; the latter in the Camellia, Laures- 

 tina, and most evergreens. The time of taking cuttings from 

 the plant is generally when the young shoots, which are the 

 ones to be selected, are well ripened, which often happens 

 soon after the plant has done flowering; but almost any sea- 

 son when sufficient heat can be applied will answer. The me- 

 thod of performing the business is to take off the young wood 



