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frequently grafted in order to repair deficiencies of shoots 

 along the stem than for the purpose of propagation. 



Guelder Rose. 



Stock. — Viburnum Lantana (from seed), llode of Grafting. 

 — Veneering (in August and September). 



Remarks. — Select young stocks a year old, and planted in 

 pots. Graft close to the ground, below the neck of the root 

 rather than above it. The operation is performed under glass. 

 Up to the present Viburnum macrocephalum is the only kind 

 propagated by grafting. (We have succeeded in cleft -grafting 

 it on the Laurustinus very satisfactorily). The other kinds 

 are propagated by layering the branches. 



RESTORATION OF TREES BY GRAFTING. 



It often happens that a tree disappoints the expectations 

 that were formed of it at the time of its planting. It turns 

 out badly ; its branches are irregular and ugly ; its appear- 

 ance is not ornamental, or its fruit does not come up to the 

 standard we had hoped for. If it is so old and far gone that 

 it cannot be preserved, we cut it down and prepare the place 

 it occupied for another. But if it is still likely to live, and is 

 sound at the base, it is better to renew its vigour by cutting 

 the branches and supplying new and good soil to the roots. 

 Now a tree may either have an ugly lot of branches or may 

 be of a bad kind. Both these faults may be remedied by 

 grafting. In the first case we supply new branches, in the 

 second a new kind of tree. 



Restoring the Branches of a, Tree. — The irregular branching 

 of a tree may be corrected, to some extent at least, by means 

 of certain processes of grafting which have been already 

 described. We may here advert to the union of the branches 



