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OPEN AIR GKAPE CULTUKE. 



the reception of the scion. The latter is pruned to three 

 ejes in length, having the lower part cut in the form 

 of a wedge, commencing about an inch beneath 

 the lowest eye, and gradually tapering to the bottom. 

 It is then inserted as far as the lowest bud into the 

 cleft of the stock : the second bud is level with the 

 surface of the ground, which is drawn close around 

 it, and the uppermost is quite above the soil. Great 



Fig. 65. 



care is necessary in adjusting the scion, that its bark 

 may touch that of the stock in every possible point. 

 " The whole is then bound round with a pliable osier 



