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SCIENCE OF GARDENING 



by putting the cuttings of various plants in a bottle c 

 taining water^ such as an Eau de Cologne bottle, and =1;- - 

 pending this in the window of a room in spring. By 

 changing the water occasionally, roots will soon be emitted, 

 when their growth may be easily watched. They : - 

 potted as soon as the roots get about an in:! '-'—i- 

 Myrtles may be readily multiplied in this wr y. 



By attention to these few plain directio-?. : i-y v lant 

 that is capable of being multix^Hed by cutt:i:_^ . " f 

 propagated with facility and success; andav : .t: e : i- " 

 i^lants but will submit to this operation, it is Lipei i:.:.: 

 the above remarks will be found sufficient to guide even 

 the most inexperienced in the performance of this im- 

 portant and useful branch of gardening. 



8. — Propagating hy grafthig, 



When particnlar sorbs of shrubs and trees cannot be 

 procured from seed, or when the seedlings would be a 

 number of years in blowing or fruiting, slips of the-e ?:r"=. 

 or even buds, are cut off. and instead of planting :-_r:__ 

 the ground, they are fitted to a cut made in anoiLei 

 able tree or shrub called the5f(> :-7j,byan operation variously 

 performed, termed graff.ing, which can only be properly 

 taught by a master, and not by a book. 



The principle upon which the union takes place is. that 

 the pulp from the cutting descends to its junction with 

 the stock, where, being excluded from the air a.nd light by 

 a ball of j)repared clay, it forms woody fibres instead of 

 roots, as it might have done in the ground : while, at the 

 same time, the sap from the stock r'^es Ir-t : the 

 whose leaves convert it into pulp. 



When the textui-e of the wood is soiier in tiie : :li 

 than in the stock, the latter interrupts the dr- :^ : 

 the pulp, and forms a c-.k-ing scar; when the : ; 

 has a harder texture tl::.-: :-e -:ock, the contre - 

 place. 



In the practice of grafting, only the sorts of t'L r 

 similar species succeed. A pear cutting, fir ins:^. „ r 

 be grafted on a quince or apple stock : '; ..: : : ; plum 

 or cheriy stock. The apple, howerer.. .;;:;re , . .vhen 



