350 Remarks on Grafting. 



are well adapted to fill up blanks in the changeable flower-gar- 

 den. Now, if a good stock of these is potted every spring in 

 32-pots, and plunged in a bed in one of the compartments, and 

 on the north side of one of the screens, they would come in 

 remarkably well for the above purpose ; and many a fine late 

 aster, which is now excluded from flower beds, on account of its 

 great height, would be by this plan considerable dwarfed, and 

 rendered fit to remove at any period that might be required. The 

 bed where these pots were plunged should be composed in a 

 great degree of half-decayed leaves, and some chopped light sod, 

 or any thing of a flaky nature ; they would then move in the 

 heat of summer with large flakes or balls of the soil adhering to 

 the roots through the pot, and would scarcely lose a leaf. In 

 regard of the buildings connected with this garden, it would be 

 absolutely necessary to have a shed or two in one corner of 

 them, or near them, and I should like to recommend a little rest- 

 house for bulbs of all kinds and dahlias ; in which also might 

 be a stand for exotic seeds and annuals, and other fancy things. 

 Now, as the cultivation of Cape bulbs is on the increase, I con- 

 ceive such a place very necessary ; and there are many other 

 things which would class with them as to rest and temperature, 

 such as some of the Nat. Ord. GesnerzV<^, the erythrinas, and the 

 AmarylhVi^f^, with others, all requiring similar atmospheric con- 

 dition, &c. 



I have now gone through all that is necessary to render a re- 

 serve garden tolerably complete, and trust that any inaccuracies 

 which may be found in this paper may be pardoned ; and I can 

 only hope, in conclusion, that its merits may overweigh its 

 defects. 



Oulton ParTi. Jan. 20. 1835. 



Art. IV. Remarks on Grafting, and more particularly on Summer 

 Grafting. By William Thom, Esq., Surgeon, Annan. 



In inserting the graft, I operate nearly in the same manner as 

 for budding, and defer heading down the stock or branch till an 

 after period. I make an incision of the form of the inverted 

 capital L, thus f, and I carefully raise up the angular piece of 

 bark with the handle of a budding knife, leaving the bark on the 

 opposite side undisturbed. I then pare the lower end of the 

 scion, to the extent of an inch or an inch and a half, upon one 

 side, into a thin wedge shape, and slip it gently in beneath the 

 raised bark, taking care that the side which lies next the undis- 

 turbed bark of the stock be perfectly straight, so as to fit accu- 

 rately to it. Indeed, the more effectually to insure the absolute 

 contact of the inner bark of the scion and of the stock, I fre- 



