62 THE MINIATUEE FETJIT GAEDEN 



notice it — in fact, no trees bear late removal so well as 

 pears on quince stocks. 



In planting pear trees on the quince stock, it is quite 

 necessary that the stock should be covered up to its 

 junction with the graft. This joining of the graft to 

 the stock is generally very evident, even to the most 

 ignorant in gardening matters ; it usually assumes the 

 form as given in fig. 12, a. 



Fig. 12.— a, Junction of the graft with the stock, b, the point 

 up to which the stock should be covered. 



If the soil be not excessively wet, the tree may be 

 placed in a hole, say three feet in diameter and eighteen 

 inches deep, in the usual way, so that the upper roots are 

 slightly above the level of the surface, as the tree will 

 always settle down two or three inches the first season 

 after planting. Some light compost should be filled in,, 

 and the tree well shaken, so that it is thoroughly mingled 

 with its roots. The compost must then be trodden 

 down ; and so far the planting is finished. The earth 

 should then be placed round the stem, and formed into 

 ^ mound, which should cover the stock wp to, hut not 

 above, the junction of the graft with the stock, in order 



