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used. For grafting during the dead season, the scions may 

 be cut some time beforehand, but not until the sap has gone 

 to rest. They may be kept in good condition until they are 

 wanted by burying the ends about 4 inches in the ground, in 

 the shade of a house or of an evergreen tree. Long branches 

 should be buried deeper and laid in a slanting position in the 

 trench. They Trill keep much longer if placed in an ice cellar, 

 buried horizontally in fine sandy gravel such as is used for 

 walks. Graft buds should be taken from the branch which 

 produces them just before they are used. A scion should 

 never be allowed to suffer by long exposure to the air or 

 dampness. The cactus family furnishes individuals from 

 which scions may be detached and exposed to the sun for 

 several months without the least injury; but we are now 

 occupied with woody plants, and not with hothouse or her- 

 baceous kinds. Scions with the leaves removed may easily 

 be sent considerable distances during the repose of the sap, 

 provided they are kept cool. They should be wrapped in 

 moss, and the end of each stuck into a potato, artichoke, Sec. 

 When they arrive at the end of their journey, they should be 

 put into water for a few hours, and then laid in a shady place. 

 If the bark is wrinkled, they should be entirely covered with 

 soil in a trench and left thus buried for two or three weeks. 

 The same precautions should be taken with shoots sent during 

 the time of vegetation, either by post or other mode of speedy 

 transport. 



GRAFTING UNDER GLASS 



General Directions. 



Certain plants require to be propagated under the shelter 

 of a cloche, frame, or greenhouse. Such are evergreen trees 

 and shrubs, and tender, rare, or new plants. Evenness of 

 growth, equability of temperature, and keeping the subjects 



