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Abstract

THE various modes of the reproduction of plants comprised under the designations grafting, budding, layering, &c., have been more scientifically studied and carried to greater perfection by gardeners in France than in England. Baltet's “L'Art do Greffer” is the text-book on this branch of horticulture, and of this little volume we have here a translation, although the omission to note this fact on the title-page might give unwary purchasers who have not dipped into the preface the impression that it is an original work. M. Baltet is so successful a fruitgrower, and his manual is so well and favourably known, that no apology was necessary in furnishing the English reader with a translation of it, which will be an indispensable companion to all engaged in horticulture. At the end of the volume is a useful list of the more commonly grown trees and shrubs, with instructions as to the best kind of stock on which to graft them, and the method to be pursued; though it is a pity that the translator did not take the trouble to re-arrange them in some order more intelligible to the English reader than that of the alphabctical sequence ef the common French names.

The Art of Grafting and Budding.

By Charles Baltet. (London: W. Robinson, 1873.)