928 



GARDEN MANAGEMENT. 



iSi. In Approacli-grafting, supposing the stock to be planted, and the scion 

 in a pot, as in the engraving, make a longitudinal cut in the stock, of such 



extent as to reach the medullary 

 canal at a, and leave a correspond- 

 ing notch in the scion at h, but in 

 such a way, that in the scion it is 

 less deep at the base, h ; while, on 

 the contrary, the cut in the stock 

 is less deep at the summit, c. 

 Bring the two cuts in contact, so 

 that the liber, or inner skin, of each 

 meets the other ; then bind them. 

 The consequence of these unequal 

 incisions will be, that in separating 

 the head at the point d of the gi'aft, 

 and a in the stock, there will be 

 less defonnity left in the tree. 



283. In the preceding examples, 

 of approach-grafting, the pai'ts of 

 the branch operated upon should 

 be of the previous year's growth 

 at least. It is sometimes desira- 

 ble, however, to apply the prin- 

 ciple to branches of the same 

 year's growth. Accident may de- 

 prive a tree of the branches neces- 

 sar}' to its symmetry, and a year's 

 growth be saved by applying an herbaceous or gi-een graft to supply 

 the deficiency, if there happens to be a lower branch of the same tree 

 available for the purpose. Let us suppose tha a void exists at AAA, 

 on an otherwise healthy peach-treo, and that side branches, or fruiting 



spurs, are required at these points to 

 balance the tree and restore its sym- 

 metry, and that a lower branch from B 

 is available to supply them any time 

 between June and August. Supposing 

 the shoot to have attained sufficient 

 length, an incision is made in the 

 branch, about a quarter of an inch long, 

 with a cross-cut at each extremity, deep enough to penetrate to the inner 

 bark ; the bark is raised from the wood on each side of the longitudinal cut 

 by means of the spatula at the end of the budding-knife. A thin sHce is now 

 cut out of the shoot B, on the lower side, and opposite to a leaf-bud, corre- 

 sponding in length with the incision on the branch. The parts thus laid bare 

 are brought together, the lips of raised bark brought over the shoots and 



