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of the central eye, at h, and one of the lateral ones^ that the oblique cut is to- 

 be made, stopping in the centre about half an inch below the axil of 

 the leaf. The graft, c, consists of the fragment of a branch of the same 

 diameter as the stock, and in the same state of vegetation ; it is cut to the 



same length as the prolongation of the 

 stem,, d ; it is wedge-shaped, fitted to 

 the slit into which it is inserted, bound, 

 and covered with some grafting-paste. 

 The leaf, a, is left on the stock to draw 

 the sap upwards for the nourishment 

 of the graft. The leaf of the graft, c, 

 assists in the process by absorbing it to 

 the profit of the young scion. The fifth 

 day after the operation, the central 

 eye, a, is suppressed ; five days later, 

 cut the disk of the leaf at/, resen'ing 

 only the median nervure, rubbing off 

 at the same time the eyes at the axil of 

 these leaves, repeating the same sup- 

 pression ten days later. At this time, 

 also, that is, twenty days after the operation, cut the disk of the terminal 

 leaf, a : these several suppressions will force the sap progressively from the 

 roots into the graft. Towards the thirtieth day the graft enters on its gi'owth : 

 at this time remove or relax the bandage, protecting it by a paper coronet, 

 from extreme drought and the sun. 



■271. In Side-graft i'p[/ it is not essential, as in other groups, to amputate 



the head of the stock, the graft being 

 attached to the side, as its name indi- 

 ca':es. Having made a cross-cut into 

 the bark of a tree, as at B, and a 

 M W ^]^d^^ A vertical incision in the bark from its 



centre, thus marking a cut in the 

 form of a T, each cut penetrating to 

 the liber or inner bark ; having also 

 prepared the scion A by a longitudinal 

 sloping cut of the same length, as 

 B C, and raised the bark with the 

 spatula of the grafting-knife, the 

 graft' is introduced, and the whole 

 bandaged in the usual manner. This 

 kind of gi-aft is particularly useful 

 in replacing branches on fruit-trees 

 which are necessary to complete the 

 ■ymmetry of the tree for horizontal training. 

 «72. In Root-grafting the roots ai-e operated on as the steins hav©- 



