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GREEN-HOUSE— DIRECTIONS. 



June. Place the stock contiguous to the plant where the 

 graft or enarch is to be taken from. If the branches, where 

 the intended union is to take place, do not grow at equal 

 heights, a slight stage may be erected to elevate the lower 

 pot. Take the branch that is to be enarched (the wood of 

 last year is the most proper), and bring it in contact with the 

 stock J mark the parts where they are to unite, so as to form 

 a pointed arch. In that part of the branch which is to rest 

 against the stock, pare off the bark and part of the wood 

 to about two or three inches in length, and in the side of the 

 stock which is to receive the graft do the same, that the in- 

 side rind of each may be exactly opposite, which is the first 

 part where a union will take place. Bind them firmly and 

 neatly together with strands of Russia matting, and protect 

 the joint from the air by a coat of close composition; clay 

 of the consistency of thick paint, turpentine, or wax, will 

 equally answer. Finish by fastening the grafted branch to 

 the head of the stock or a rod. Many practitioners make a 

 slit or tongue into the enarch and stock, but we find it unne- 

 cessary, more tedious, and likewise more danger in breaking. 

 Camellias are also grafted and budded, but these two opera- 

 tions require great experience and continued attention, and 

 seldom prove so successful as enarching. When they have per- 

 fectly taken, which will be in from three to four months, begin 

 to separate them by cutting the scion a little at three different 

 periods, about a week apart, separating it at the third time. 

 If the head is intended to be taken off the stock, do it in 

 like manner. By the above method, many kinds can be 

 grown on the same stock. The same plan applies to all 

 evergreens. 



APRIL. 



Regarding the shifting or repotting of plants, the direc- 

 tions given last month may be followed. If the plants that 

 require it are not shifted, get them done as soon as possible. 

 Those that were repotted last month will have taken fresh 

 root in the new soil; and the advantage will soon be per- 



