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grafted on the horse-chestnut, which belongs to another 

 family. The medlar and the qnince, which have solitary 

 flowers, flourish on the hawthorn, whose flowers are in 

 corymbs. The Chionanthus, so nearly allied to the lilac by 

 its panic-led flowers and simple leaves, only succeeds well on 

 the common ash and on the flowering ash, which have 

 compound leaves. On the other hand, the Sorbus, with 

 pinnate leaves, is more vigorous when grafted on the thorn, 

 (whose leaves are more entire) than it is when grown on its 

 own roots. 



The grafting of evergreen trees on deciduous kinds presents 

 more than one singularity. 



The Photinia, allied to the beam-tree, and the Eriobotrya, 

 allied to the medlar, are grafted on the medlar, and not on the 

 hawthorn. On the last, as a stock, the Cotoneaster and the 

 Pyracantha do well. The Mahonia flourishes on the Berberis, 

 and the common laurel succeeds on the bird- cherry and even 

 on the wild cherry, from which it differs so much in appearance. 



The grafting of deciduous plants on those that are ever- 

 green has, in almost every case, been attempted in vain. 

 Those who are fond of oddities can, with the assistance of 

 grafting, have on the same thorn stock at the same time 

 fruiting branches of the pear, the medlar, the beam-tree, the 

 service-tree, the mountain-ash, the European and Japanese 

 quince, and also see there the flowers of the double and red 

 thorns, the Cotoneaster, and the Pyracantha. 



They may gather from the same plum stock plums, apricots, 

 peaches, nectarines, almonds, the corymbs of the Canadian 

 cherry, and flower garlands of the Chinese and Japanese plum. 

 But these whimsicalities are unworthy the attention of culti- 

 vators. 



Whoever wishes to study grafting in the works of celebrated 

 ancient authors on horticulture will find a string of absurdities., 



