64 GRAFTING. 



C. purptircus although the gardener Adam, at VitrA^ 

 near Paris, stated that he had produced this new plant 

 by grafting C. piirpureiis on C. J^ahuruum. T-'roofs ot 

 this assertion are not forthcoming and all statements 

 about the blending of characteristics b^' other means 

 than b\' crossing, remain unsubstantiated. 



Those plants which bear dissimilar flowers and 

 fruits on the same tree because a branch of another 

 species has been grafted on it. come under quite a 

 different category to the Hizzarria and Cylisus Ada/iii. 

 Thus trees bearing both Lemons and Oranges maA' 

 occasionalh' be seen in the gardens of the Riviera. But 

 in this case neither species has any influence upon the 

 other. The uniting of different speci.es on one stem hv 

 grafting is practicable onh' within narrow limits, for the 

 scion and stock must be closeh' allied. Statements 

 are. however, continually being made to the contrary, 

 and in ancient times stories ot Nuts being grafted on Ar- 

 butus, Apples on Planes, and Pears on Ash-trees were 

 commonh- believed. Virgil did much to spread these 

 fables b\' his '•Georgics". Plin'\- repeats them, and in- 

 sists moreover that he has himself seen in the "Tiburtes 

 TuUias" a tree which bore nuts on one branch, berries 

 on another and grapes, figs, pomegranates, [pears and 

 apples on others. A tree of this sort would indeed pro- 

 vide a large variet\' of dessert ! What a pit^' that the 

 "Tiburtes Tullias" should alone have* possessed such a 

 tree, and that it has never been seen since ! Again, ac" 

 cording to Pliny, hybrids such as nut-plums, apple-plum s> 

 almond-plums and laurel-cherries could be produced b^' 



