 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 856 pages
...merely an increase of the tree, from which the scion is taken. Every one knows, that grafting is taking a shoot from one tree and inserting it into another,...that both may unite closely, and become one tree. Mr. Bradley (from tome observations of Agricola) suggests what anatomising the parts first proves,... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 458 pages
...into degrees, minutes, &c. GRAFTING, or ENGRAFTING, in horticulture or gardening, the taking a cyon or shoot from one tree and inserting it into another,...manner that both may unite closely and become one tree. The use of grafting is to propagate any curious sorts of fruits, so as to be certain of their kinds.... | |
 | John Abercrombie, Thomas Mawe - 1818 - 746 pages
...Cleft-grafting, Crown-grafting, and Grafting by Approach, or Inarching. Grafting is the taking off a shoot from one tree, and inserting it into another, in such a manner as that both may Unite closely and become one tree ; this is called by the ancient writers on husbandry... | |
 | 1823 - 872 pages
...&c. and other works, are well known. GRAFTING, or ENGRAFTING, in Gardening, is the taking a »boot from one tree, and inserting it into another, in such...that both may unite -closely and become one tree. By the ancient writers on husbandry and gardening, this operation is «ailed incision, to distinguish... | |
 | William Forsyth - 1824 - 586 pages
...Observations. — On using the Composition, instead of Grafting-clay. — Of Budding, with Observations, Sfc. GRAFTING is the taking of a shoot from one tree, and inserting it into another, in such a manner as that both may unite closely and become one tree ; this is called, by the ancient writers on husbandry... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 1828 - 322 pages
...deep green, and the other a bright yellow. Only ornamental." — Dr. Green. GRAFTING is the taking a shoot from one tree, and inserting it into another,...that both may unite closely, and become one tree. Its use is to propagate any curious sorts of fruits, so as to be sure of the kinds, which cannot be... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 814 pages
...admired. She died at Paris in 1758, aged sixty-five. GRAFTING, or ENGRAFTING, in gardening, is the taking a shoot from one tree and inserting it into another, in such a manner, that both may unite close and become one tree. By the ancient writers on husbandry and gardening, this operation is called... | |
 | Library, John Baxter - 1830 - 594 pages
...expelled."— (Gardener's Manual.) GRAFTING AND BUDDING. The process of Grafting consists in the taking off a shoot from one tree, and inserting it into another in such a manner as that both may unite closely, and become one tree; the shoot or cutting thus employed is called a... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 1839 - 320 pages
...deep green, and the otber a bright yellow. Only ornamental." — Dr. Green. GRAFTING is the taking a shoot from one tree, and inserting it into another,...that both may unite closely, and become one tree. Its use is to propagate any curious sorts of fruits, so as to be sure of the kinds, which cannot be... | |
 | 1843 - 396 pages
...published or much known in this country." GRAFTING. — The process of grafiing consists in taking off a shoot from one tree, and inserting it into another, in such a manner as that both may unite closely, and become one tree ; the shoot or cutting thus employed is called... | |
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GRAFTING. Grafting is the taking a shoot from one tree and inserting it into another in such a manner that both may unite closely and become one tree. These shoots are called scions or grafts, and in the choice of them... 
