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PROPAGATION OF PLANTS. 



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at least they should meet at some one point ; and to make 

 sure of this, some grafters set the cions slightly inclining 

 inward, as shown in figure 80 a, the upper part of the 



cion ; , the lower end. 

 The cion may be two or 

 three inches long, con- 

 taining one or more buds. 

 The bark 011 the cion y? ill 

 usually be thinner than 

 that on the stock ; ,but 

 this is of no consequence, 

 provided the edges of the 

 wound are even, bringing 

 the bark of the cion and 

 stock in direct contact. 

 - ~" ' In stocks of less size, they 

 irm may be cut off with an 

 upward slope and the cion 

 inserted on the upper or 

 lower side ; some grafters prefer one and some the other, 

 but I have often set cions in both positions without dis- 

 covering that either had any advantage. 



QROWN GRAFTING. This is but a mere modification 

 of the clef t graft, but instead of splitting the stock to 

 receive the cion, the latter is sloped off thinly on one 

 side, the bark divided from the top of the stock down- 

 ward for an inch or more, and then lifted slightly, as in 

 budding ; the cion is then inserted under the Lark of 

 the stock and held in place by strips of waxed cloth. 

 This form of grafting cannot be done until the bark of 

 the stock will peel readily ; consequently, it is usually 

 performed later in the season than the ordinary cleft 

 grafting. Another form of crown grafting is shown in 

 figure 81, The cion is cut about half-way through, as 

 shown at B, and the wood removed, leaving a square 

 shoulder at top, and opposite to a well-developed bud. 



Fi. 80. 



OL^FT GRAFT WITH TWO CIONS. 



