The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-02-10
for the farmer.
GRATING TREES AND SHRUBS.

The time of comparative leisure with western
uurserymen, says Prof. J. l.. Budd, in the Home
s;rad is in winter. During the proper time FOR
spring grating, budding and layering, and for
summer budding and green wood layerlng, at
tentiou is diverted to other pressing work. For
this reason it is well To plan for propagation in
the graft room to the furthest possible extent.
We have little need To tell of the growing de-
,nand for ornamental trees and shrubs exactly
adapted TO the climate and soil conditions of the
different part of the state.
A few hints on stocks, varieties, aud methods,
may he useful TO those having little experience
in these lines As these notes are not written
for any special locality in our great State, some
of the varieties and species referred to will have
tO lie touched lightly, m the northern portions.
Stocks and varieties are mentioned as they
occur to mind, and the eases noted by means
exhaust the list profitable To graft in winter
quarters
European and American mountain ash, oak
leayed mountain ash, dwarf mountain ash, dwarf
oak leayed mountain ASH and white beam tree.
On apple also may be grown the beautiful
double towering crabs, the ornamental June
berries, the medlar, the cotoncaster, and the
hardy Chinese ounces.
On cherry roots may be grated the double
Towering dwarf varieties.
On plum roots may be grated the beautiful
prunus tribota, the double Towering sloe prunus
yirgata fore plenO, and others planted for orna-
grated the Chinese double Towering varieties of
the peach. On Miner plum seedlings may he
prohtably grown the varieties of the Towering
almond where strong cutting IS are not available.
On thorn stoeks-grown in nursery, or taken
up in their native haunts-may be top-worked
in cellar, the double red, white and scarlet vari
cites Of the thorn.
On Usage orange may be crown grated the
Russian cut-leayed, native red, Downing, or
other varieties OF the mulberry. BY using long
scions and short roots, the sclons will soon take
root
On Seeding OF catalpa, speeiosa may be graft
ed, the L. Bungel, and Z. keempteri.
On common mock orange may be grated the
new dwarf and fragrant double Towering varie-
On layers Of American wistaria may be graft
ed the new Chinese double blue and white yari-
cites
On our native wauhoo may be grated Euony-
mus Iafllolla and the white fruited Euonymus oil
Northern Europe.
On Tartarian honeysuckle may be grated
Lonlcera grandlnofa, L. frasrantIsiiina, L. Stand
ishii, etc.
On common trailing honeysuekle may be graft
ed the new fragrant CkInese varieties
On ash-leaved maple seedlings may he grated
the cut-leaVed, crisp-leaved, and other sorts of
negundo
On hard maple seedlings may he grated the
varieties OF the Norway maple, and the still
more beautiful species from China.
On Scotch alder, itself beautiful tree, may
DE grated Anus hrma, A. laeiniata, Aims till
AGA, etc.
On our native birch we may graft the orna-
mental varieties with erect growth, or We may
graft IN cellar, standard height, the weeping va
rieties.
on native hornbeam may he grated Carpinus
pendula, at height of four or five feet.
On white ash stocks NAV tOp-wOrk the