Various styles of grafting were employed, of which the common cleft and the veneer or side graft were perhaps the most satisfactory.  In most instances it was only necessary to bind the parts together snugly with bass or raffia.  In some soft wooded plants, like coleus, a covering of common grafting wax over the bandage was an advantage, probably because it prevented the drying out of the parts.  In some cases, however, wax injured the tissues where it overreached the bandage.  Sphagnum moss was used in many cases tied in a small mass about the union, but unless the parts were well bandaged the cion sent roots into the moss and did not unite, and in no case did moss appear to possess decided advantages.  Best results were obtained by placing the plants at once in a propagating frame, where a damp and confined atmosphere could be obtained.  In some plants, successful unions were made in the open greenhouse, but they were placed in shade and kept sprinkled for a day after the grafts were made.  The operation should always be performed quickly to prevent flagging of the cions.  Or, if the cions cannot be used at once, they may be thrust into sand or moss in the same manner as cuttings, and kept for several days.  In one series, tomato and potato cuttings, which had flagged in the cutting bed, revived when grafted.  And cuttings which had been transported in the mail for three days grew readily, but they were in good condition when received.  The mealy bugs were particularly troublesome upon these grafted plants, for they delighted to crawl under the bandages and suck the juices from the wounded surfaces.

Although it is foreign to the purpose of this note, it may be worth while to mention a few of the plants upon which the experiments were made.  Sections were taken of many of the grafts and microscopic examinations made to determine the extent of cell union.  Coleuses of many kinds were used, with uniform success, and the cions of some of them were vigorous a year after being set.  Even iresine (better known as Achyranthes Verschaffeltii) united with coleus and grew for a time.  Zonale geraniums bloomed upon the common rose geranium.  Tomatoes upon potatoes and potatoes upon tomatoes grew well and were transplanted to the open ground, where they grew, flowered and fruited until killed by frost.  The tomato-on-potato plants bore good tomatoes above and good potatoes beneath, even though no sprouts from the potato stock were allowed to grow.  Peppers united with tomatoes and tomatoes united with peppers.  Egg plants, tomatoes and peppers grew upon the European husk tomato or alkekengi (Physalis Alkekengi).  Peppers and egg plants united with each other reciprocally.  A coleus cion was placed upon a tomato plant and was simply bound with raffia.  The cion remained green and healthy, and at the end of forty-eight days the bandage was removed, but it was found that no union had taken place.  Ageratums united upon each other with difficulty.  Chrysanthemums united readily.  A bean plant, bearing two partially grown beans, chanced to grow in a chrysanthemum pot.  The stem bearing the pods was inarched into the chrysanthemum.  Union took place readily, but the beans turned yellow and died.  Pumpkin vines united with squash vines, cucumbers with cucumbers, muskmelons with watermelons, and muskmelons, watermelons and cucumbers with the wild cucumber or balsam apple (Echinocystis lobata).