I have studied grafting a bit...ok, I've studied it a lot. And I read encyclopedias for fun. Grafting is entirely possible with many if not all plants. The science of grafting plants is well established. There is a way to cause genetics to transfer to another plant. From what I have studied, it is possible to graft one plant onto another entirely different plant species, or onto an established rootmass of a different species. There are several techniques of doing this, and it involves cutting the stem in a certain fashion, one of the cutting techniques is a wedge cut. I'm not sure, but I believe that you can use rooting hormone in the grafting surface of the two plants to stimulate assimilation. There are also certain techniques such as wrapping the graft in wax, tape, melted plastic (if it cools fast enough not to significantly burn the plant's epidermis) and other means, such as wrapping in a similar fashion with an ace bandage or something elastic like that. Depending on the structure of the inside of the stem...the xylum and phloem, and the diameter of the stem overall including the epidermis, different cuts and success rates should be expected. When two different types of plants successfully graft, at that point its a matter of CHANCE (or specifically, gene expression probability) that either plant will start to show characteristics of the other. In the event that it successfully does assimilate the other plant species, it will have to bear SEED.....or alternatively, you may be able to clone the part of the plant showing the mixed characteristics, but the success rate of the cloning after assimilation would probably be much lower. It would be better for the plant to bear seed. And even if it does bear hybrid seed, the genetics would still have to be stabilized through subsequent generations. Just my dollar, LOL. U.S. dollar is worth about $.02 anyway due to inflation, which is easily calculated when comparing the price of an ounce of gold. A US gold coin weighing one ounce (american buffalo) is hovering around $950, but has a face value of $50. When gold was actually worth $50 an ounce (early 1900's), minimum wage was about $1.60. Gold has increased in price by a factor of 19-20 over less than 100 years, while minimum wage has barely increased by a factor of 4-5. Thats hyperinflation.