ON GRAFTING. 
Now though I dare not hazard the recommendation of a 
method founded on fuch chimerical principles, I lliall be far 
from prejudicing my readers againfl: any experiments of the 
fort ; I do not affert that this procefs cannot fucceed, but this 
I beg leave to fuggeft, that it would be right for thofe, who 
choofe to make the trial, not to entertain too fanguine expec- 
tations of its fuccefs. In a purfuit of this kind, the operator 
would do well, previoufly to confder the affinity that ought to 
fubfift between the flock and the fcion, as plants will not 
unite and harmonize from their fimilar external appearances. 
It is neceffary that the flock and the fcion ffiould be both 
of the fame family, or lineage, according to the fexual fyftem 
of botany, in order to form a fubflantial and lafling union. 
. “ The Certoja [Carthufians *] ftands in a fine air and pleafant fituation, in the 
“ midft of vineyards. They have feveral courts with cloyfters, one as large 
“ as the great court of Trinity College, Cambridge. Each Father has to his 
“ cell a pretty garden, feme of which are very curious, having many exotick 
“ plants, &c. 
“ One of them had fifh in his ciftern, which ate lettuce out of his hands. This 
“ Father had tried fome experiments in grafting ; as of a Vine on a fig-tree, 
“ Jafmine on an orange, which had taken and grew f. All of them have 
“ fome employment for their vacant hours J.” 
* At Bologna. 
t This account may ferve to pafs among monajlic legends^ but it is too abfurd to gain 
credit with the profejjional gardener, 
Objervations made in travelling through France and Italy., lAc. by Edward 
might, Efq-, vol. ii. page 435. 
