PREFACE 



The art of Grafting and Budding has for many years been 

 practised in France on such an extensive scale, and with such 

 remarkable success, that the gardeners of that country are 

 now far in advance of all others in this branch of horticulture. 

 The present work is a translation of M. Charles Baltet's 

 " L'Art de Greffer," and embodies all that is known on the 

 subject, so that the reader will find in its pages the fullest 

 information on every point which relates to these operations. 

 Every method of Grafting and Budding is described at 

 length, with numerous illustrations, and an enumeration 

 of the trees, shrubs, &c, to which each mode of operation 

 is best applied. The book concludes « with a practical 

 application of the previous instructions to about a hundred 

 various kinds of trees and shrubs, which are then more par- 

 ticularly mentioned, with the season and mode of grafting 

 proper in each case, special observations being added when 

 necessary. M. Baltet is well known in the horticultural 

 world as one of the most experienced fruit-growers on the 

 Continent, and his " L'Art de Greffer," or " The Art of 

 Grafting and Budding " is the most complete manual of these 

 operations that has yet appeared in any language. 



