METHODS OF GRAFTING 
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worked in heat may be grafted either saddle or wedge 
fashion, but saddle grafting is the best and makes the 
strongest union. The graft should be not quite so large 
as the stock, so as to leave enough room to make a good 
callus. The wedge grafting is for using small bits of choice 
sorts. We use shallow boxes i foot wide, 2 to 3 feet long, 
and 4 inches deep, packing the plants into them as closely 
as possible (for when done in this way they are convenient 
for moving from place to place), and then placing them in a 
gentle, moist heat, under double glass if possible, though I 
have seen very good results when they have been placed in 
shallow pits, where these are heated with a couple of 3-inch 
pipes along the front. In that case they should be sprinkled 
or syringed twice a day, and shaded from the sun until they 
start into growth, when air must be admitted very gradually 
until they are hardened and fit to stand out in a shady 
place until October, when they can be planted out. The 
tender leaves made under glass will not stand summer sun. 
In April I have seen very good results in a cold pit, and for 
an amateur where only a few are required they will do very 
well under a bell glass ; but they must be always attended 
to as above. 
Another method is to graft in August. This must be 
side grafting, and the plants so done must be kept under 
glass all the winter in pots, and should not be headed back 
until the stocks have begun to grow, when the young 
growth should be stopped back until the graft begins to 
shoot ; the stock can then be headed back. Plants done in 
this way may, after they have made their first growth, be 
potted in larger pots and placed in a shady place, and they 
will make fine plants by the autumn." 
The use of Rhododendron Cunningham's White as a 
