Chester.
_Grafts and the Parent Tree_ (Vol. vii., p. 261.).--In reply to J. P. of
this town, I beg to say that the belief, that "the graft perishes when
the parent tree decays," is merely one among a host of superstitions
reverently cherished by florists. The fact is, that grafts, after some
fifteen years, wear themselves out. Of course there cannot be wanting
many examples of the almost synchronous demise of parent and graft. From
such cases, no doubt, the myth in question took its rise.