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IMPOSTOKS' GRAFTS. 



are easily made to pass, their roots intermingling with those of 

 the stock ; after growing for a time, the ■ horizontal distension 

 of the stems forces them together, and they assume all the 

 appearances of being united. M. Thouin, who calls this " The 

 Impostors' Graft" {Greffe des charlatans), tells us that he 



Impostors' graft, — Pig. LXVI. 



himself tried the operation with perfect success upon both a 

 Linden and an Ash-tree a foot in diameter. He contrived to 

 give both of them heads consisting of Plums, Hazels, wUd and 

 cultivated Services, Walnuts, Peaches, and Vines, the branches 

 of which were thoroughly interlaced. Of one of these he gives 

 fl figure, which is here reproduced, and which perfectly illus- 

 trates the system. 



