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grow for want of the flow of sap, wliich would cease at the bud immediately 

 below it. 



The process of grafting may be performed in various ways, which it will be 

 imnecessary to allude to here. The simplest and best is that represented by our 



n. 



Fig. 5.— Vine Graft. 

 figure — common whip-grafting. It does not matter how large the stem of the 

 Vine may be, for the graft being prepared, a corresponding portion of the stem is 

 made bare, the requirement being to make as much inner larh fit to inner hcu-h as 

 possible, the outer edges of the bark being entirely disregarded. The scion being 

 affixed, should be tied on tightly with matting, and covered up with some mastic 



