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AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 



for buds, page 223. If con- 

 venient, it is much better to 

 have the graft and stock of 

 precisely equal diameter ; but, 

 except for a fancy, it is hardly 

 worth while to use this mode 

 of grafting at all. 



There are innumerable other 

 fancy modes, for which the 

 French and Chinese are fa- 

 mous, but which will readily 

 suggest themselves to any one 

 for pleasant amusement. 



The common and useful 

 modes of grafting are three. 

 Cleft grafting, which is per- 

 formed upon stocks as small 

 as three fourths of an inch in 



for binding. diameter, or limbs as large as 



a man's arm ; crown grafting, used only for large trees ; and 

 tongue grafting, which is chiefly adapted to very small stocks. 



CLEFT GRAFTING. 

 Fig. 113. 



a. The stock prepared. 



b. The graft prepared. 



c. The graft fitted upon the stock and ready 



