Identifier: gardenerschronic333lond (find matches)
Title: The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects
Year: 1874 (1870s)
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Subjects: Ornamental horticulture Horticulture Plants, Ornamental Gardening
Publisher: London : (Gardeners Chronicle)
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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siana, and I. fimbriata ; andin less exposed places, where the ground partookof the nature of a wilderness, were Ixias, Sparaxisof various hues, Antholyzas, &c, literally car-peting the ground. I noticed that the Portuguese into the stock, tending downward at an acuteangle, and having a length of about three-quarters of an inch to 1 inch. The scion isthen cut to a smooth edge on the lower end,the stock is bent slightly to the side, thusopening the first slit, and the scion is inserted;the natural spring or elasticity of the stock thenpinches the scion in such a manner as to hold itquite firmly. Nevertheless the graft is usuallytied with waxed thread or cloth, or else it is tiedand waxed, or sometimes simply waxed. This method of propagation is much employedby some nurserymen, particularly for certainkinds of Plums. Where it is used largely, thework is always performed upon stocks of a singleyears growth. The grafting is usually doneduring the winter, and in the grafting-room ; the
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Fig. 157.—odontoglcssum crtspum vaf. grairianuj-.(See Supple i.ent, May 30, p. i.) (Photograph by Mr. H.J. Charman.) pink flowers in little branches on the twigs,no leaves as yet being on the tree ; a femaleGinkgo biloba (the Maidenhair-tree), some Mag-nolia trees, which are said to be the largestin Europe; Cinnamomum zeylanicum, the Cin-namon-tree; and C. camphora, the Camphor-tree. There were a number of Camellia-trees ofvarious species, and some Laburnums and Lilacs,the latter not often being found in the gardensof this country. There was a fine LiriodendronTulipiferum (Tulip-tree), and Ravenala madagas-■cariensis, the Travellers-tree, which accumulateswater in its leaf-bases, and presents a somewhatstrange, fan-like appearance. Different kinds ofWattles were in bloom, and also Rosa giganteaof Burma, which has a rambling habit, and wasflowering profusely. Wistarias do very well inOporto; the multijuga kind, winch is mauve andwhite, of which there were many specimens, hadpanicle

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