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whip .or tongue grafting, but it answers 
well for working superior varieties on 
such established trees as are not fruiting 
satisfactorily. Crown grafts are very 
liable to be blown out if care be not 
taken to cut the growths back, and sup- 
port them in some way whilst they are 
young. 
Saddle-grafting is sometimes practised 
(see Fig. F', where 1 represents the stock 
and 2 thescion). It cannot be satisfac- 
i 
F—Saddle 
Grafting. 
E—Crowa, or Bark, 
Grafting. 
torily carried out, however, unless the 
stock and scion are of nearly equal thick- 
ness. The stock is cut sloping on both 
sides like a wedge. The scion is split up 
the centre, ard each half is thinned to 
make it astride the wedge like end of the 
stock. The inner bark of the scion and 
and stock having been made to coincide 
as nearly as possible the parts should be 
secured by a ligature, and covered with 
some graiting composition, then the 
operation is compiete. 
G—A Pyramidal’ Pear Treo: Regrafted 
THE: AUSTRALIAN -GARDENER. 
August 1, 1907 
ST. 
ELMO 
Dk. Ch. Stallion. 
14 Hands High. 
Splendid Action. 
Plenty of Substance. 
Good in all Harness. 
Is by Young Tipperary ; grandsire, Tipperary. 
Dam, Leah, by Sir Lucius O’Lrigger ; g. dam, Lily, by 
Rushtroom (Imp.); gg. dam, Conrad’s Mare. 
FIRST PRIZE, Adelaide Show, September, 1906. 
FIRST PRIZE, Gawler Show, September, 1906. 
FIRST PRIZE, Two Wells Show, September, 1906. 
FIRST PRIZE, Mount Barker Show, March, 1907. 
Extract from Tue Rxoister:- Among an excellent lot of . ponies 
Mr. A. Brown's St. Elmo stood out prominently by defeating two 
hardened _prizetakers in the entire class between 13.2 and 14.1 hands. 
em 
TERMS, £2 10s., payable on or before 1st 
January, 
Groomage, 2s. 6d. 
A. BROWN, Proprietor. 
Tattersall’s Stables, Pirie Street, Adelaide. 
Notwithstanding that some varieties of 
fruit-trees, especially pears, bear unsatis- 
factorily in some situations, many persons 
hesitate to do anything with them, and 
allow them to cumber the land for years 
without giving an adequate return. 
Should such trees be in a healthy condi- 
tion, this state of affairs could be casily 
remedied by cutting the branches well 
back and giafting scions of good bearing 
kindson them. Fig. G isa representation 
of a tree that had been subjected to the 
treatment suggested. 
In cutting wood for scions the greatest 
care should be taken in selecting only 
those portions which are thorouzhly 
ripening and have the buds well formed. 
The stocks, too, should be sound, vigor- 
ous. and healthy. Unless these things are 
taken well into consideration it cannot be 
expected that a healthy union will take 
place. Healthy scions that are grafted on 
unhealthy stocks, or vice versa, will never 
give satisfaction, no matter what atten- 
tion is given to their cultivation, 
When forcing produce of any-descrip- 
tion do not at once remove the plants 
from cool quarters to very high tempera- 
ture; gentle heat is best at first. 
One of Noah’s. 
She was an amateur poultry-keeper 
who took pride in her hobby. From 
her, point of view no one in the neigh- 
borhood raised such fine birds or got so 
many eggs from them. Determined to 
give the coming guest a treat she killed 
off one of ber finest and fattest fowls—an 
Andalusian—for dinner. 
Dinner was duly announced, and the 
fowl made its appearance on the table. 
The guest, being very polite. made no 
remarks. Not so the lady’s husband, 
however : 
‘This fowl is uncommonly tough, my 
dear,” he said, while the guest heroically 
trled to masticate a piece of the breast. 
“ What is it~ do you remember ?”? 
“Oh yes, John.” she replied, “I think 
it’s one of those Antediluvians.” 
“So I should think,” remarked the 
guest, throwing down his knife and fork 
in despair, ‘hat accounts for it.” 
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‘When forcing Roses: keep a:sharp look 
out for mildew on the:plants ; should the 
pesbumakeiits* appearance: at»once apply 
flowers ofsulphur. 
