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THE GARDENER. 



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they use Dog-briars at least two years old, which are 

 removed from the hedges and forests* to the nursery in 

 the previous autumn, and planted closely in rows 

 eighteen inches asunder, each stock being tied at t^\o 

 points to two transverse stakes fastened to upright 

 ones. 



Side-grafting may be usefully resorted to for sup- 

 plying a branch in a vacancy, or " for the sake of 

 having different kinds of flowers and fruits upon the 

 same tree," but it is better to graft on the side 

 branches than on the main stem, because, in conse- 

 quence of the flow of the sap- not being interrupted by 

 heading down the tree, the success of this kind of 

 grafting is more uncertain than almost any other me- 

 thod. 



A mode of side-grafting termed by the French gar- 

 deners placage (veneering) is employed by them for 

 Pelargoniums and Camellias. It consists in attaching 

 the graft, which is a thin layer of the bark, with a 

 bud attached to the stock, from which a corresponding 

 slice is smoothly detached to give place to it.f 



When the stock and graft are of the same size, and 

 that a convenient one, they may be easily united by 

 ordinary splicing ; but to obtain more points of con- 

 tact and to fix them firmly together, the bark at each 

 extremity where the knife first entered should be 

 raised a little, to admit its lapping over the narrow 

 end of the splice, which m.ust be neatly bevilled to 

 make it fit closely. 



Graft and inarch Camellias, Sec. 



Herbaceous plants, such as- the Dahlia and Paeony, 

 may now be propagated (as a matter of curiosity) with 

 a dormant eye, that is, by inserting a bud on the neck 



♦ Those taken from a light soil are best, because their capil- 

 lary roots are more abundant than those of Dog-rose Briars 

 raised in a stiff one. 



f Loudon's Sub. Hort. 



