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placed on the grafted parts an inch thick on every side, and extend about 

 half an inch above and below the union of the stock \vith the graft*. 

 Jig. 5. Another mode, called saddle grafting, is perhaps 



better adapted for forest trees than the foregoing-, 

 but it takes up more time in the performance. 

 The stock should be cut so as to leave the top in the 

 form of a wedge (a, fig. 5) ; the scion split at the 

 lower end, and each side of the incision pared obliquely, 

 so as to form the two divisions into tongue-like pro- 

 cesses (6) ; these are then seated on the wedge and 

 made to fit accurately to each side of it. The after 

 operations of tying and claying are the same as in 

 the former mode. The trees which come under the 

 forester's care that require to be reared by grafting 

 are the following : 



Broad-leaved evergreen oak, Quercus ilex latifolia. 



entire leaved, Q. ilex integrifolia. 



Lucomb's, Q. Exoniensis. 



Turner's, Q. Exoniensis Turneri. 



broad-leaved Lucomb's, Q. Exoniensis latifolius. 

 Sweet crab tree, Pyrus coronaria. 



Siberian crab, P. prunifolia. 



willow leaved. P. salicifolia. 



Chinese, P. spectabilis. 



wild service, P. terminalis. 



white beam, P. aria. 



Swedish white beam, P. aria dentata. 



small fruited crab, P. baccata. 

 Heart-leaved poplar, Populus candicans. 



various leaved, P. heterophylla. 



smooth leaved, P. heter. Icevigata, 

 Upright medlar, Mespilus germanica. 



weeping medlar, M. ger. diffusa. 

 Entire leaved ash, Fraxinus simplici folia. 



striped barked, F. striata. 



variegated, F. variegata. 



white American, F. Americanus. 



black, F. Amer. pubescens. 



red, F. Amer. rubrus. 

 Gold striped beech, Fagus sylvatica fol aur. 



silver striped, F. sylv. fol. arg. 



copper coloured, F. sylv. cupre.a. 



purple leaved, F. sylv. purpurea. 

 Gold striped Spanish chestnut, Castanea vesca, fol. aur. 



silver, C. ves. fol. arg. 



various leaved, C. ves. heterophylla. 



shining leaved, C. ves. lucida. 

 Gold striped horse chestnut, Jfisculus hippo castanum, fol. aur. 



silver, M. hipp.fol. arg. 



yellow horsechestnut, M. Jlava. 



scarlet, M. paria. 



* It is a highly useful practice to draw earth up round the clay so as to cover it 

 entirely from the sun and air. 



