GRAFTING AlffB BUDDING. 



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to employ lierbaceous shoots in May or June. The bark only 

 of the stock should be cut, without removing any of the 

 wood, especially if it is old ; in which case, or when the scion 

 is woody and not herbaceous, the detachment is effected by 

 degrees in two years. In 1868 we applied successfully to the 

 vine this method of inarching in order to fill up vacant 

 spaces on the stems. The shoot, headed and pared under an 

 eye, was let into the stem by a J_ incision. A month after- 

 wards the union was complete, and the bud (A) grew 

 vigorously. This was the first time, we believe, in which this 

 mode of grafting was used with the vine. 



Vacant spaces on Vine-stems filled up by Grafting by Approach. 

 5. To Preserve the Form of the Tree. — "When the advan- 

 tages of approach-grafting are better appreciated, it will be 

 more frequently used for preserving symmetry of form and 

 equilibrium of growth in trees trained in particular forms 

 and shapes, and will also simplify the labour of pruning, 

 pinching, and tying up. YTe saw in the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden at ^lulhouse, a fine wall of peach-trees in 

 an oblique cordon, joined at the top by approach-grafting. 

 The heat of the sun and the gum had injured some of them 

 so much that 1L Menet (professor of gardening to the society) 

 had been obliged to cut away the damaged stems to the 



