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made, when tlie sap is comparatively motionless, 

 speedily cicatrises, and no after-fluali can force it 

 into the scion. 



Wliip Grafting is the method usually resorted 

 to, and tbe mode of procedure is as follows : — 

 Head down the stocks early in the autumn to prevent 

 bleeding, then having selected the scions from weU- 

 ripened vines, insert them in moist soil in flower- 

 pots, and place them out of doors hehind a north 



pinch the point out of the young shoot on the stock 

 to throw a flush of sap into the scion, and gradually 

 cut away the remainder when the graft has started 

 into vigorous growth. To those who have never 

 practised this kind of grafting, the annexed sketch 

 win convey all that is needed for their guidance. 

 The late Mr. Cramh, gardener to Earl Ducie 

 at Tortworth Court, invariably grafted all his 

 vines upon the Hambro' in the following manner :— 

 Having decided upon making a_ new border, say for 



Fig. 9.— Whip Graft. 



rig. 10;— Bottle Graft. 



wall until after the house containing the stocks is 

 closed for starting. "When the buds on the stocks 

 begin to break freely, introduce the pots containing 

 the grafts into a warm house in order to get them 

 also into a state of excitement. When the terminal 

 bud on the headed stock has made a growth con- 

 taining three or four leaves, prepare the graft, and 

 fit it on immediately opposite the shoot, which must 

 be carefully protected from injury during and after 

 the operation, as the loss of this shoot would end in 

 failure. Bind well with good matting, clay up in 

 the usual manner, and add a little moss to prevent it 

 from cracking, as well as to retain moisture through- 

 out the day after syringing. When all is complete, 



a house of mixed grapes, young Hambro's were 

 planted for stocks, and allowed to gxow one year. 

 These were headed down early in the winter and 

 grafted. 



Bottle Grafting. — Another excellent and still 

 more certain method is what is termed " bottle 

 grafting." The preparations are in every way 

 similar to those recommended for whip grafting; 

 but instead of putting on a short scion, a piece of 

 ripe wood, a foot or more in length, is placed in a 

 bottle of water, and the union is made as follows : — 

 With a sharp knife take a good slice, four inches in 

 length, o& the side of the graft, commencing at two 



