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as a general school diversion, as the making of cuttings is; and this 

 account of it is inserted chiefly to satisfy the general curiosity on the 

 subject. But now and then a pupil may make the effort for himself, 

 for nothing is more exciting than to make a graft grow all by one's self. 



The pictures of the cuttings (Figs. 33-35, 37, 40) and the grafts 

 (Figs. 42-44) are one-third natural size. 



The many forms of grafting and budding are too special for dis- 

 cussion in this book. Descriptions of them may be found in "The 

 Nursery-Book" and other works. 



