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GRAFTING, CONCLUDED. 



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We have been disappointed in our anticiijatioii of the seaaon, veg- 

 etation at tiiis date bein^ more forward th:in we expected, or we 

 should have finished this subject last month. But the methods 

 presented in this paper may be practiced with safety later than the 

 others and can be used where the others would fail. 



Splice Graftins.—SpUce grafting is perhaps the simplest of all 

 the methods. The scion and stock are cut across diagonally pre- 

 cisely as for tongue grafting, that is, with a sloping cut upward on 



the stock (a fig. 10) and downward 

 on the scion (b lig. 11). but no tongue 

 ,jl I is made to interlock and hold the 



two together. Then the two parts 

 are made to fit precisely, so that the 

 inner back of one corresponds with 

 Pi the other.at least on one 8ide,and are 

 )U- •> [j firmly bound together with a strand 

 ^ /J of matting or cotton yarn (c fig. 10) 

 '^'■^ and finished by covering the union 



well with grafting wax; or the bind- 

 ing material may be omitted if covered with waxed cloth. This 

 method is particularly adapted to the grafting of soft-wooded and 

 pithy plants. 



Sucldlc Grafting. — In saddle grafting the top of the stock instead 

 of the scion is cut in the form of a wedge by making a sloping cut up- 

 ward on opposite sides one inch or more long and coming to a point 

 at the center (a tig. I'J). The scion is prepared by splitting the lower 

 end and usually thinning away each lialf on the inner side to a 

 tongue shape (b fig. 13) (for root grafts that is not necessary), and 

 fitting the two, at least on one side, as in tongue grafting (c lig. 12). 

 The scion is tied in place, and the wound waxed over, as in splice 

 grafting. This method offers double the surface for the junction of 

 stock and scion, is practical with soft, pithy and succulent wood, 

 where other methods would fail, and by shading with paper bags 

 tied over until the union has taken place may be practiced on grow- 

 ing plants until the season is well advanced. 



Side Grafting.— One other method that I have practiced to con- 

 siderable extent, and very successfully, is side grafting. It is 

 adapted to stocks, five-eighths to one-half inch and even a little 

 more or less in diameter. The scions are prepared a» for cleft graft- 

 ing with a smooth thin wedge at the base, care being taken to have 

 a bud on one side just at the top of the wedge. A diagonal cut is 

 made in the stock (a fig. 18) (see cut on page 157, April No.) one to 

 one and one-half inch in length and not extending be3-ond the cen- 

 ter. The stock may be cut off at the time of the operation about 

 three-sixteenths of an inch above the top of the cut, but, we think, 

 except for root work it is better to leave a stub two or three inches 

 long to be cut away close to the graft after it has made a good un- 

 ion (see dotted line in cut). After the graft is in place (b fig. 18, page 

 l.'iT), wind about it very lirmly a strip of waxed cloth to liold it in 



