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Grafting large Trees. 



the older wood of the stock has outgrown this curvature and become 

 straight ; consequently many grafters content themselves with placing 

 the scion in such position that the inner lines of the bark of the stock 

 and scion shall cross each other, thus making sure of contact in at least 

 one point ; but by takiiig advantage of the difference in the stock and 

 scion mentioned above, a contact can be secured in at least two places, 

 as shown in the cut, which represents a stock with the half nearest the 

 spectator removed ; the dotted lines showing the bark of the stock, the 

 inner line crossing that of the scion near the bottom, and again close to 

 the top of the wedge. 



If the operation is skilfully performed according to these directions, 

 the failures will be so few that they will not be worth taking into 

 account. 



