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CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XV 

 PROPAGATION BY GRAFTING . 



PAGES 



214-230 



Grafting, 383; Objects of Grafting, 384; The plants 

 that unite by grafting, 385 ; Cion-grafting, 386 ; Graft- 

 ing wax, 387, Grafting cord, 388 ; Grafting paper, 389 ; 

 Tongue-grafting, 390 ; Root-grafting, 391 ; Cleft-graft- 

 ing, 392 ; Side-grafting, 393 ; Budding, 394 ; Success in 

 budding, 395 ; T-budding, 396 ; The budding knife, 397 ; 

 Ring-budding, 398 ; Approach-grafting, 399. 



CHAPTER XVI 

 TRANSPLANTING 



Transplanting, 400 ; Time to transplant, 401 ; Lifting 

 the plant, 402 ; Lifting large trees, 403 ; Sacking, 404 ; 

 Removing the plant, 405; Puddling, 406; Bundling, 

 407 ; Unpacking and heeling-in, 408, Replanting, 409 ; 

 Replanting the roots, 410 ; Devices for transplanting, 

 411 ; Potting and shifting, 412 ; Mulching, 413 ; Shad- 

 ing, 414 ; Tardy starting into growth, 415. 



231-247 



CHAPTER XVII 



PRUNING 



. 248-264 



Pruning, 416 ; The season for pruning, 417 ; Making 

 the cut, 418 ; Unhealed wounds, 419 ; Objects of prun- 

 ing, 420 ; Formative pruning, 421 ; Symmetry and pic- 

 turesqueness, 422 ; Stockiness and slenderness, 423 ; 

 Pruning for density, 424 ; Pruning for strength, 425 ; 

 Stimulative pruning, 426 ; Pruning for growth, 427 ; 

 Pruning for flowers or fruit, 428 ; Protective pruning, 

 429 ; Maturative pruning, 430 ; Pruning implements, 431. 



CHAPTER XVIII 

 PLANT-BREEDING ........ 



Improvement of plants under culture, 432 ; Causes 

 of improvement, 433 ; Variability, 434 ; Reversion, 435 ; 



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