GRAFTING AND BUDDING. 



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Azalea. 



Stock. — Common Azalea (from seed). Mode of Grafting. — 

 Veneering ; cleft-grafting (from July to September) ; close to 

 the ground, or as standards. 



Remarks. — The grafts should be placed under glass, with 

 the air excluded, in the propagating-house, and the cloches 

 kept carefully closed for two months — a period which is 

 absolutely necessary to the success of the grafts. Young 

 plants, which should have been thinly sown, are to be dis- 

 budded. They are kept entire for grafting ; if they are very 

 slender, the tops should be pinched when grafting. The 

 stocks should be potted beforehand ; in an emergency they 

 might, however, be potted just before grafting, without any 

 risk of failure. Cleft -grafting or inlaying in the open air in 

 spring often gives good results. Care should be taken ta 

 retain a bud on the stock opposite the graft. 



Colutea. 



Stock. — Common Colutea (from seed). Mode of Grafting. — 

 Shield-buddmg (in August) ; English method (in March) ; close 

 to the ground. 



Remarks. — In winter, select tolerably weak plants, and set 

 them in ordinary soil, a moderate condition of growth being 

 most favourable to the union of the graft. Destroy snails, 

 which are very fond of this plant. 



Eriobotrya japonica. 



Stock. — Common Quince, or Quince of Angers (from cuttings 

 with a heel, or hillock layers). Mode of Grafting. — Cleft- 

 grafting (in April) ; close to* the ground. 



Remarks. — A scion taken from a branch of two years 5 ' 

 growth is to be preferred to one taken from a branch of the 

 current year. If the graft is made in the open air, the leaves 

 of the scion should be cut down to the stalk, and the graft 



