THE FLOWER GROWER'S GUIDE. 



knife, insert a small branch of epiphyllum, and fasten with a cerous spine thrust through. 

 The union soon takes place in a temperature 65° to 70°. In this way neat standards 

 may be formed, or the grafts may be inserted from the bottom to the top of the stem and 

 a pillar of epiphyllums eventually result. 



Pereskia cuttings may be rooted in heat at any time of the year and potted separately ; 



Fig. 85. Pereskia Cutting foe Stock. Fig. 86. Pereskia Stock grafted with 



Epiphyllum. 



they should be grown with single stems till these are tall enough and sufficiently stout 

 for grafting. The time to graft pereskias is just when the epiphyllums are starting into 

 growth. The process is exactly the same as with cereuses, the scions being fastened in 

 the stems by means of pereskia spines, or the top of the stock may be split open and the 

 small branch of epiphyllum inserted in this. No fastening other than the pereskia spine nor 

 covering of any kind is required, but the worked plants must be kept in gentle heat and 



