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JEtobinia. 



Stock. — Common robinia (white acacia) (from seed). Mode 

 of Grafting. — Cleft-grafting (in April) ; close to the ground or 

 otherwise. 



Remarks. — Slender-wooded kinds, such as E. tortuosa> 

 rosea, linifolia, Yan-Houtte, &c, should be grafted at the 

 projected height of the branches. The vigorous kinds, E. 

 Decaisneana, unifolia, pyramidalis, may be grafted close to the 

 ground, even when they are intended for tall standards. The 

 Eobinia may be taken up and transplanted without injury at 

 the time of grafting. In certain localities it succeeds when 

 budded. 



The Rose. 



Stock. — Dog-briar (from seed or suckers) ; Manetti (from 

 cuttings), E. quatre-saisons. Mode of Grafting. — Shield- 

 budding, with a dormant bud (in July and August) ; with a* 

 pushing bud (in May and June) ; cleft -grafting ; inlaying (in 

 March) ; close to the ground or as standards. 



Remarks. — The rose is chiefly propagated on the dog- 

 briar. The stock may either be raised from seed, or the plants- 

 may be procured in hedges or woods. Those raised from seed 

 are used for low standards, while tall standards are obtained 

 both from sowing and also from suckers. They are planted 

 either permanently or provisionally in the nursery. If the 

 effects of heat are feared, the stems should be covered with 

 clay or mud, and the cuts with mastic. The scion-branch is in 

 proper condition when in flower or just after flowering ; before 

 this time it is not sufficiently woody, and afterwards it will have 

 become too hard or the buds will have broken. This observa- 

 tion applies more particularly to those kinds that flower con- 

 tinuously; the other kinds supply good scions ripened by 

 pinching. "When the prickles come off if rubbed by the hand, 

 it is a sign that the scion is sufficiently ripened. In the case 



