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2. Grafting on a Separate Root. 

 In contra-distinction to the methods just enumerated, in 

 which the stock is the root of the plant which is to be 

 grafted, in the present mode the stock and scion are taken 

 from different plants. The stock is either a portion of a root 

 proper or a stem cut down close to the root, but not below 

 the neck. 



Grafting on a Fragment of a Hoot. 

 The bignonia, the tree paBony, and the wistaria should be 

 grafted in spring before the flow of the sap, or in August, 



A fragment of a Root grafted (Bignonia). 



when it has gone to rest. We have read that the Chinese 

 graft these plants in October. The tubers or cuttings from 

 the roots are taken before the sap begins to flow, and laid in 

 a trench. As soon as the buds begin to swell, the time for 

 grafting has arrived. The scion (B) is taken from a shoot 

 of the previous year. It is -cut with a thin, wedge-like 

 extremity, and inserted into the stock (A) either by cleft- 

 grafting or inlaying. The graft is only slightly bandaged or 

 not at all; mastic is not required. The subjects grafted are 

 then potted and placed under glass, so as to have the air 



