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XIX. Account of a Method of Grafting Oranges and Lemons, 

 so as to produce Dwarf Fruit-bearing Trees. In a Letter 

 to the Secretary. By Mr. John Nairn, Gardener to 

 John Cresswell, Esq. F. L. S. $c. 



Read March 3, 1818. 



Sir, 



Havxk g been successful in grafting Oranges and Lemons, 

 with the fruit or flowers on the scion, a knowledge of the 

 method which I have practised, may not be altogether un- 

 acceptable, or useless, to the Fellows of the Horticultural 

 Society : I therefore send you the following description of it. 



Let the operator select as many orange or lemon stocks as 

 he wishes to work, and place them on a moderate hot-bed, 

 for a fortnight, by which time the sap will have risen suffici- 

 ently to move the bark ; the stocks must then be cut off, 

 about two inches above the surface of the pot, and an incision 

 made with a sharp knife, similar to what is done for budding, 

 separating the bark from the wood on each side. Let the 

 scion be cut thin, in a sloping direction, and thrust between 

 the bark and wood, and then bound tight with woollen yarn ; 

 but very great care must be taken, in binding, to prevent the 

 bark from slipping round the stock, which, without attention, 

 it is very apt to do. After it is properly and neatly bound, 

 put a little loam, or clay, close round the stock, to the surface 

 of the pot, then, with a glass of the form subjoined,* cover 

 the whole, and press it firmly into the mould, to prevent the 



* See next page. 



