. The book of evergreens. A practical treatise on the Coniferæ, or cone-bearing plants. Conifers. 44 TUE BOOK OF EVERGREENS. # be perfectly dormant, and the stock in a slightly growing condition. Having prepared the scion by smoothly cutting the lower end into a wedge-shape, the incision is then made in the side of the stock with a clean, smooth, downward cut. In placing the scion in the incision, particular care must be taken that the bark of each exactly corresponds. The grafts should be tightly fastened by strips of bass bark, or soft woollen strings, and the whole wound completely covered
. The book of evergreens. A practical treatise on the Coniferæ, or cone-bearing plants. Conifers. 44 TUE BOOK OF EVERGREENS. # be perfectly dormant, and the stock in a slightly growing condition. Having prepared the scion by smoothly cutting the lower end into a wedge-shape, the incision is then made in the side of the stock with a clean, smooth, downward cut. In placing the scion in the incision, particular care must be taken that the bark of each exactly corresponds. The grafts should be tightly fastened by strips of bass bark, or soft woollen strings, and the whole wound completely covered with grafting wax or waxed paper. This kind of grafting is shown in Figure 6, the tying material being omitted in order to show the manner of making the cut. The plants must be placed in a cool, shady situation for about two weeks, and then gently forced on a mild hot- bed with the glass shaded; always keeping up a moist at- mosphere by frequent syringing. The pots should be frequently ex- amined to prevent excessive dry- ness, or the opposite extreme, either being exceedingly dangerous to the success of the oj)cration. When the grafts have started into growth, the strings may be cut, and in a short time the stock headed down. In the engraving, Fig. C, the branches of the stock are represented as cut off, merely to take up less room on the page; it is only when the graft shows that it has formed a union that the stock is cut back, and then it is separated by a smooth cut close to the point of insertion of tlie graft. The French practise gracing evergreens by using young, succulent wood ; l*ul in this country success is much more certain willi llic foregoing i)lan. Tiiis herbaceouH ijraft- infj is performed by ))reaking off the young, brittle wood of the stock a sliort distance below the terminal bud, and. i Fig. 7.— with >EW Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colorat
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