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Remarks. — By choosing for scions the ends of branches 

 "which have flowered of the varieties called the Irish ivy and 

 Haegneriana, we obtain tree ivies which do not climb. The 

 grafted stocks are placed nnder glass, with the air excluded, 

 ior about two months, when the union of the parts will be 

 completed. 



Lilac. 



Stoclc. — Lilac of Marly (from seed). When grafted on the 

 ash or privet it does not live long. Mode of Crafting. — Shield- 

 budding with a dormant bud (in July), with a pushing bud 

 (in April) ; ordinary inlaying or cleft-grafting (in March), with 

 herbaceous branches (in June) ; close to the ground or as a 

 standard. 



Remarks. — Choose for stocks young plants raised from seed, 

 as they are less likely to send up suckers. Graft at the neck, 

 or at different heights on the stem when the plant is vigorous. 

 Take every measure to pre rent the growth of suckers, by 

 first destroying the latent buds on the roots before planting. 

 Should any spring up afterwards, clear away the soil around 

 the root, and cut them off at their base. Prepare the scion- 

 branches by cutting off the base, which develops imperfectly, 

 and the top, which is too much disposed to flower. The 

 varieties with slender wood, such as S. Yarin, Sauget, Persica, 

 and sinensis carnea, should be crown-grafted on tall standards of 

 Lilac of Marly, or some vigorous kind, by the intermediate 

 process ; while strong-wooded kinds, such as S. de Trianon, 

 Charles X., Gloire de Moulins, carnea, duplex, Tille de Troves, 

 Philemon, virginal, &c, may be grafted close to the ground ; 

 they soon shoot up and form a stem. The varieties Josikaea 

 and Emodi, whose habit is somewhat similar to that of the 

 Chionanthus, may succeed on the ash. 



