HOW PLANTS ARE PROPAGATED 



limb is cut off square, then 



slightly split (Fig. 32). In 



this slit is placed the sharpened 



cion, which is now cut tapering 



from both sides. The bark of 



the young cion must join 



evenly with the bark on one 



side of the large split limb. 



To make sure that the two 



barks are pressed together 



tightly, the wedge part of the 



cion is left a little thicker on 



the outside, that is, on the edge 



that is going to join the bark FIG. 33. AN APPLE TREE, THB 



of the large branch. In all 



kinds of grafts, drying must 



be prevented by covering the cut portions with grafting 



wax. Generally, a graft 

 on a small stock is tied 

 with a cloth string and 

 then waxed. Fig. 33 

 shows a new top made 

 by grafting. 



Budding. Budding 

 consists in inserting a 

 single bud, with a tiny 

 strip of attached bark, 

 just under the bark of a 



showing the slit; * the bud; ,, the j shoot The bu( j 



slit opened; d t the bud in position, and * 

 e, after tyiiv. should be CUt OUt with 3 



TOP OF WHICH HAS BEEN RE* 

 NEWED BY GRAFTING 



FIG. 34. BUDDING 

 a, showing the slit; b, b, the bud; c, the 



