Begonias 12 " 15
Bouvardias 20 " 30
Clematis 30 " 40
Carnations 20 " 30
Cuphea (cigar plant) 6 " 8
Chrysanthemums 12 " 15
Centaurea 30 " 40
Coleus (all kinds) 6 " 8
Dahlias 15 " 20
Eupatoriums 15 " 20
Echeverias 30 " 40
Geraniums 12 " 15
Hibiscus 20 " 30
Heliotrope 12 " 15
Lobelia 12 " 15
Lantanas 12 " 15
Lavender 20 " 30
Mignonette 15 " 20
Myosotis 12 " 20
Nasturtium 10 " 12
Primroses 30 " 40
Pyrethrums 15 " 20
Poinsettia 30 " 40
Petunias 20 " 30
Roses 30 " 40
Oleander 30 " 40
Verbenas 6 " 8
Vinca 12 " 15

All hardy shrubs, taken when the wood is green and young, may be
propagated in like manner. The summer is the time to take off the wood
for such cuttings.

CHAPTER XII.

GRAFTING.

Grafting is a simple art, that both old and young should become
acquainted with and be able to perform. In my garden there had stood,
for a number of years, away in a corner by itself, a wild apple tree,
which had sprung up from the seed; it always bore fruit, but of a
worthless character, so sour and insipid that even the swine refused to
devour it when it was thrown to them. I became tired of seeing this
tree, and resolved to change its nature. I went to work, being a
nurseryman, and procured cions of ten or a dozen different sorts of
apple trees, and took the first favorable opportunity in the spring to
graft my old and useless apple tree. When I had finished grafting, I
found that I had inserted here and there on the different branches,
fifty cions, all of which,