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PROPAGATION BY BUDDING AND GRAFTING 115--budded to the desired variety. Graftage is employed in thepropagation of the tree-fruits in America, and of very manyornamental trees and shrubs, and it is indispensable to thenursery business.Iri some specks, didi present no marked or named varietlies,-propagation by seeds or cuttings is for various reasons so difficultor uncertain that recourse must be had to graftage, quiteindependently of the perpetuation of particular horticulturalY&et ies. This is true in ma,ny of the firs and spruces, whichdo not produce seeds to any extent in cultivation. In otherens~ts, graftage is employed to a,id the healing of wounds orto repair and fill broken tops. It has been used to makeinfertile plants fertile, by grafting in the missing sex intlitxlcious trees, or a variet.y with more potent pollen asyracticed in some of the native plums.The oid discussion ass to whethergrafting is a devitalizing process isquite a.side from the question, seeingthe many necessit.ies tha’t mustbe met. Poor work and the match-.7IG. 120. A natural graft of forest trees. Similar but nlaniyulnted grnft attlic right.