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PROPAGATION. 



trating the fitting of the parts. The exposed parts are then 

 thoroughly waxed. 



Whip-grafting is particularly applicable to small stocks, or 

 where the graft and stock are nearly of equal size ; and cleft- 

 grafting to stocks considerably larger than the graft. In all 

 cases, where the stock is any degree larger, the graft must be 

 placed toward one side, so that the line between the bark 



FIG. 47. 



FIG. 5 o. 

 Cleft-grafting. 



FIG. 48. FIG. 49. 



and wood may exactly coincide at one point at least in both, 

 as in the cross-section of cleft-grafting, Fig. 50. A useful 

 implement for the rapid and perfect performance of cleft- 

 grafting is the grafting chisel, here shown. 



In SADDLE-GRAFTING, the stock is sloped off on each side, 

 giving it the form of a wedge. 

 Fig. 51, a; the graft is split in 

 the middle, and each side 

 thinned away with the knife, 

 as in Fig. 51, b, until it will 

 closely fit when placed like 

 a saddle upon it. The most 

 perfect way to fit the graft 

 is to make a long sloping 

 cut from the outer edge or 

 bark, by drawing the blade 

 from heel to point, till it 

 reaches the centre of the 

 graft; and then another simi- 

 lar cut completes the acute 

 cavity for fitting the wedge of the stock. A sharp, broad, and 



FIG. 51. FIG. 58 . 

 Saddle-grafting. 



Fio. 53. 



