The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . which rotted off just below the point of re-grafting this head on to the Cereus a little lowerdown, it failed to unite, and, attributing the failure topossible ill-health in the stock, it was determined to transferthe Rats-tail Cactus to a large stem of Pereskia aculeata,the result being a quick union and rapid, healthy growthsince. Upon the same stock some grafts of E2>iphyllumbad previously been worked. In Fig. 191 we have a fine Cact
The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . which rotted off just below the point of re-grafting this head on to the Cereus a little lowerdown, it failed to unite, and, attributing the failure topossible ill-health in the stock, it was determined to transferthe Rats-tail Cactus to a large stem of Pereskia aculeata,the result being a quick union and rapid, healthy growthsince. Upon the same stock some grafts of E2>iphyllumbad previously been worked. In Fig. 191 we have a fine Cacti— of this kind of grafting. It represents a stem ofPereskia Bleo upon which the Rats-tail Cactus and anEpiphyllum have been grafted. For most plants the operation of grafting must becarefully and skilfully performed, but in the case ofCactuses very little skill is necessary if one or two rules,which apply to all kinds of grafting, are observed. Theperiod of vigorous growth, and while the sap of both thestock and the scion is in motion, is the moat favourabletime for the operation. It is then only necessary, in order. Fig, 191. Pereskia Bleo, with Epiphyllum ami CereusFLAGELLiFORMis giafted upon it. to bring about a speedy union, that the parts graftedshould be cut so as to fit each other properly, and thenbound or in some way fastened together so that they willremain in close contact with each other till a union iseffected. A close atmosphere and. if possible, a little shade,should be afforded the worked plants till the grafts havetaken. The ligature used should not be bound round thegraft too tightly, or it will prevent the flow of the sap : ifbound tightly enough to hold the parts together, and toprevent their slipping, that will be found quite sufficient. 1900 Supplement—Recent Introductions, &c. 179 Cacti—continued. Epiphyllums ai-e treated as follow :• Cutting-s of Pereskiaare rooted and grown on to the required size, and in themonth of September
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