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end by two cuts, and the cion is split and set upon the wedge 

 (Fig. 73). The union is then tied and waxed in the same way as 

 exposed whip-grafts. It is oftenest employed when 

 a terminal bud is used, as the wood in such cions is 

 usually too weak to work well with a tongue. 



SPLICE-GRAFTING. The simplest form of graft- 

 ing is that shown in Fig. 74, in which the two parts 

 are simply cut across diagonally and laid together. 

 The parts are held only by the string, which, to- 

 gether with the wax, is applied in the same way as 

 upon the whip-graft. Splice-grafting is frequently 

 use'd upon soft or tender wood which will not admit 

 of splitting. It is adapted only to small 

 shoots. 



VENEER-GRAFTING. Fig. 75 shows a style 

 of grafting which is much used, particularly 

 for ornamentals and for rare stocks which 

 are grown in pots. An incision is made 

 upon the stock just through the bark and 



about an inch long (A, Fig. 75), the bit 

 Fig. 73. Sad- rill- j , c 



die raft bark being removed by means of a 



downward sloping cut at its base. The 

 base of the cion is cut off obliquely, and upon the long- 

 est side a portion of bark is removed, corresponding to 

 the portion taken from the stock. The little tongue of 

 bark on the stock covers the base of the cion, when it is 

 set. The cion is tied tightly to the stock (B, Fig. 75), 

 usually with raffia. This method of grafting makes no 

 incision into the wood, and all the wounded surfaces arc 

 completely covered by the matching of the cion and 

 stock. It is not necessary, therefore, to wax over the 

 wounds, as a rule. The parts grow together quickly 

 and uniformly, making a solid and perfect union as Fi g- 74- 

 shown at D, Fig. 75. So far as the union of the s P llc< 

 parts is concerned, this is probably the ideal method of 

 grafting. This method, which is nothing but the side-graft of 

 the English gardeners with the most important condition of 



