KINDS OF GRAFTS. 8l 



4- — Cleft-grafting, cummon single, 

 common double. 

 " " oblique. 



" terminal. 



" woody. 



" herbaceous. 



5. — Whip-grafting, simple. 

 " " complex. 



Saddle-grafting. 

 6. — iSIixed grafting. 



Grafting with cuttings. 



When the cion is a cutting. 



When the stock is a cutting. 



When both are cuttings. 



Root-grafting of a plant on its own root. 



" " the roots of another plant. 



Grafting with fruit buds. 



J. Inarching', or Grafting by Approach. 



I. — Method by veneering. 

 " " inlaying. 



English method. 

 2. — Inarching with an eye. 



" "a branch. 



Is Graftage a Devitalizing Process ? — The opinion is 

 commonly expressed by horticultural writers that graftage 

 is somehow vitally pernicious, and that its effects upon the 

 plant must be injurious. Graftage is often cited as the cause 

 of the running out of varieties. The process has also been 

 strongly indicted during the past few years by writers in 

 England Inasmuch as the question is vital to the practice 

 of fruit-growing in America, it will be worth while to make 

 a somewhat careful study of the questions respecting the 

 relationship between graftage and the vitality of the grafted 

 plant. For this purpose, a paper read by the author before 



