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with waxed muslin or i’w#ia, and shaded with paper bags.
‘he m-irlnut aIlt1 some other trees that do not work readily are
sornrtimcs trc:rt.ccl in this manner.
Even leaves may he used as stocks or cions. Any succulent
and permanent leaves, as those of the house-leeks, crass& and
the like, may ham young shoots worked on them, and leaves
used as cuttings can often be made to grow on otlier plants.
k’Nlit-grclfti?1~~. -- A little known
species of lierbaceous-graftirlg is the
joining of part,s of fruits. It is easily
performed with fleshy fruits, as tomatoes,
a,pples, squashes and cucumbers.
When the fruit is half or more
grown, one-half or a piece is cut away
and a similar half from another fruit
is applied. Better results follow if the
severed side of the parent or stock
fruit is hollowed out a little, so as to
let the foreign piece set into the cavity.
The edges of the epidermis of the
stock are then tied up closely against
the cion by means of bast or raffia.
The t,wo parts are securely tied to-
FIG. 19fi. Inarching.
gether, but no wax is required. This
operation succeeds best under glass, where conditions are uniform,
and where winds do not move the fruits.
Smd-gruj?i~~~~. -- An interesting kind of grafting has been
described in France by I’ieron, which consists in using a seed
as a cion. This has been employed in the grape. A seed is
dropped into a gimlet-hole near the base of the vine while the
sap is riGiig in the spring. The seed germinates, and after a
time the plantlet unites with the stock.
I?zcI&i/l~. - Inarching, or grafting by approach, is the
process of grafting contiguous plants or branches while the