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crown graft may be employed. The stock is cut oft level 

 wither a littlejjelow the surface of the ground, as in ..fig- , 

 ure 84. The cion, B, is severed to about two-thirds of, 

 its diameter, and this portion removed, forming .a 

 shoulder at ,C; the remaining part is pared smooth and 

 thin aTTTEe lower end. The stock, having been cut off 

 at D, and the b$rk, E 9 remQvedj^I^aJ:hiiilice of wood, 



Fig. 84. SIDE CKOWN GRAFTING. 



to correspond with ,the lip of the cion,, which is then 

 fitted to it, tlre^shouloTelrof 'the cion resting upon the 

 top of the stock, or both iray be notched, as shown in 

 figure 84. The cion and stock are then ^tied with bass 

 or waxed cloth and the soil drawn back over the head of 

 the stock covering the cion, except the terminal bud, A. 

 It often occurs that cions of rare varieties of ornamental 

 trees are obtained by persons who have no suitable stocks 



