18 BUSHBERG CATALOGUE. 
‘‘After the first four or five leaves are formed, 
and the sap is flowing, you choose the place on 
the vine where you intend to . At that 
point wrap tightly a twine several times around 
the vine. This will, in a measure, prevent the 
return sap. 
Below the ligature make a 
sloping cut down, as shown at a; 
scion prefer one that has natu- 
rally a bend. Cut it so that it 
shall be wedge-shape at both 
ends, and a little longer than 
the distance between the cuts in 
the vine at @ and bd. Insert the 
tight to force the scion-ends into 
vad places. If the work is done 
ell, no tie will be required at 
a (and 2, but ih. joints should be covered with 
grafting wax. In a short time, the bud at d will 
commence its growth, after which you can by 
degrees remove all the growing shoots not be- 
longing to the scion, and in course of the sum- 
mer you may cut off the wood above 6, and in 
the Fall remove all above a on the stock, and 
above c on the scion. 
This, as well as all other methods of grafting 
above ground, require much careful watching, 
and a judicious use of graft- 
its entering into 
- the slit is positively injurious. 
Quite recently Mr. Henry 
Bouschet of Montpellier, 
France, has proposed the fol- 
of the American nf i peg 
(making resisting roo 
which is to serve as ae 
with a portion of the Euro- 
pean grape-cutting (of which 
the fruit is desired) as graft, 
as shown in annexed figure, 
. and,the ae ——o' enugiy. 
tied togethe th some slight 
shreds, is eat salon like a 
—_ long cutting, eg Noted both the plant- 
ing and grafting at the e time. Of course 
the graft can be inious prepared in the 
room, at the fireside. Mr. Bouschet has shown 
at the Exposition of the Viticultural Congress 
at Montpellier, (Oct. 1874,) samples of such 
grafts, whieh ha d aoae a successful union and 
growth, and t made 
with this aystemn in France. 
e e'to experiment more extensively 
ourselves si the matter of grafting with the 
view to combat the inroads of the Phylloxera, 
and the results of our experiments shall be duly 
made public. We are confident that many of 
our choicest table grapes, and perhaps even 
European grapes, could, if worked in such a 
way, be successfully grown in many regions 
where they are now a total failure. 
Of wine grapes, on the other hand, we. have 
now such good and valuable varieties, like Cyn- 
thiana, Cunningham, Elvira, Herbemont, Her- 
mann, Louisiana, Neosho, etc., all of which are 
free from the destructive effects of the Phyl- 
loxera, not to speak of a number of new and 
highly promising Aistivalis seedlings, which as 
e 
yet wees way laborious process; of grafting 
the grape vi 
ut now set us return to th@ ictate operandi 
of planting. Take ur vit es, from the place 
where they were ested * wrapped in a wet 
cloth, or in a pail with water, to the holes; 
when planting, let one person shorten the roots, 
with a sharp knife, then spread them out evenly 
to all sides, and let another fill in with well pul- 
verized earth. The earth should he worked in 
among the roots with the finger, and lightly 
pressed to them with the foot. Lay the vine in 
slanting, and let its top come out at the stake 
previously set. Then, with your knife, cut 
back the top to a bud just above, - even with 
the surface of the ground. Do not leave more 
than two buds on any one of a young vines 
*On receiving your vines from the nursery, t 
should ged Nepe ae out of the box, without delay, an 
heeled-in, h is done as follows: a dry and well 
sossctee t Leben! on, a trench is m e soil 12 to 16 
ches deep, and wide enough to rec the roots of t 
plants, and of any —— ength. the soil beingthrown 
out upo! ie. The plants are then thickly to- 
gether neh, with the tops in a sloping ection 
bank of soil thrown out of the trench; 
another inion is made a to the first, and the soil 
taken fro: the first, cove ¢ roots 
carefully. wilting fi >. we of | aoe interstices 
a down mooth 
ate Tod rye sot eon, When one trench is fin- 
ished, nag the $ lode am the next, pad. 
When is compl eted, dig a shallow trench arounc 
the od mg so as to pot off the water and — sit- 
uation dry. 
