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cultivator to make 

 good deficiencies in 

 the branches of trees 

 readily and expediti- 

 ously. In order to 

 practise this method, 

 however, the plants 

 to be worked must 

 either be growing 

 close to each other, 

 or the one from which 

 the branch is to be 

 taken will have to be 

 portable. European 

 cultivators, who 

 largely follow this 

 practice, grow trees 

 in pots specially for 

 the purpose. It is 

 considered to be an 

 excellent and sure 

 way of working ever- 

 green plants. There 

 are different ways of 

 inarching, but, as in 

 other modes of graft- 

 ing, whatever plan is 

 adopted there must 

 be a smooth and 

 perfect union be- 

 tween the bark of 

 the stock and the 

 scion. In some cases 

 the union is effected 

 by simply paring 

 smoothly a piece of 

 the stock and scion, 

 and fixing them 

 firmly together, and 

 in other cases notches 

 or tongues are made 

 so that the parts may 

 be perfectly and 

 securely fitted. The 

 joined parts must be 

 securely bandaged to 

 keep them firmly in 

 position till the union 

 is perfect. 



INARCHING WITH A TONGUE. 



(A) The scion. (J5) The stock. (C) The union. 

 INARCHING BY INLAYING. 



The scion (D) is pared at two sides at (<?). The stock 

 (E) is pared by forming an angular groove at (e) 

 into which the cut portion of the scion -will fit 

 accurately, as shown at (F). 



