208 THE NURSERY LIST. 



Cherry, concluded. 



requisite is tliat the cions t)e completely dormant. They 

 should be cut in winter and stored in an ice-house or a 

 cold cellar. 



ChexyiX {Chinvp/ivllinn bulbosum 7u\A ScaiiJi.r cerefolium). 

 Umbcilifcru-. 



Seeds, sown mucii the same as celery seeds, Init the 

 plants are usually allowed to stand where sown. Seed is 

 often sown in autumn. 



Chestnut (Castaiica saliva and var. Americana, and C. 

 Japoiiica ). Ciipnlifcritr. 



Chestnut stocks are grown from seed. Difficulty is 

 sometimes e.xperienced in keeping the seeds, as they lose 

 their vitality if ch'ied too hard, and are likely to become 

 moldy if allowed to remain moist. The surest way is to 

 allow the nuts to become well dried off or "seasoned" in 

 the fall, and then stratify them in a box with three or four 

 times as much sand as chestnuts, and bury the bo:c a foot 

 or two deep in a warm soil until spring. They do not 

 always keep well if stored or stratified in a cellar. Fall 

 planting exposes the nuts to squirrels and mice. Ameri- 

 can stocks are better than European, because the latter 

 are tender in the north. 



The stocks are worked by whip-grafting above ground, 

 the wound being well tied and protected by wa.xed cloth. 

 Care should be taken to have the .stock and cion about tlie 

 same size, in order to secure a good union. Chestnuts 

 can be cleft-grafted like apples and pears ; but in small 

 trees it is preferable to set the grafts below ground, as 

 in grapes. The cions should be cut early, before they 

 begin to swell, and kept perfectly dormant until the slock 

 begins to push into leaf Only vigorous stocks should l>e 

 grafted. The best results are obtained when the stocks 

 have recovered from transplanting, or when \\v-\ are from 

 three to five years old. The working of chestnut sto<-ks 

 is far from satisfactory in a coiumercial way. The union 

 is imperlect in many varieties, and usually no more than 

 half the grafts take well and live long. In all nut trees, 

 the skill of the operator is more important than the par- 

 ticular method employed. 



Chicory ( Ciclioriutii Intybns). Compositix. 



Seeds, sown in spring where the plants are to grow. 

 I~)ivision. 



