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that plants reared from cuttings will have exactly 
the same qualities as the stock from which they 
come. 
5. Of course we might get a 
new plant of the sugar-cane or 
bamboo at once by cutting it away 
from the root-stock. These well- 
known plants seldom give seeds; 
indeed, they multiply so fast by 
the growth of new shoots, that 
there is little need for them to 
supply seeds to keep up their kind 
in the plant-world. 
6. It is possible to cause cuttings 
to grow in the branches or stems 
of trees and plants that are already 
rooted. This method may be car- 
ried out either by ‘ budding ’ or 
by ‘ grafting ’ ; and the old plant 
on which the bud or the graft is 
placed is called the ‘ stock 
7 . Borne plants that are difficult 
to rear as cuttings in the soil, grow 
readily if budded or grafted. By 
this plan, too, seedling fruit-trees 
can be made to bear crops earlier 
than they otherwise would, and we may be nearly 
certain of obtaining fruit of exactly the same 
quality as that given by the tree from which the 
Grafting. 
A, Cutting; B, stock. 
A sloping cut is made in 
stock from c to d, and the 
cutting is notched at h. 
a a are the exposed por- 
tions of wood which are 
fitted to one another. 
