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Saddle grafting, 



Splice, tongue, or whip grafting, 



Root grafting, 



Veneer grafting. 



Inarching or Grafthig by Approach. — This is without doubt 

 the most ancient of all grafting methods. From time to time 

 Nature gives us examples of it in roots or trees which have 

 become united where they have been bruised or pressed together. 

 Man was no doubt quick to perceive and take advantage of this 

 hint and when once tried, to improve on it. This method is 

 practised both in doors and out ; and at one time was extensively 

 used b}' both nurserymen and gardeners. When I was a boy it 

 was about the onlj^ method in use for the propagation of azaleas 

 and camellias. It is even now employed by some to propagate 

 varieties which are difficult to graft otherwise. 



The time for inarching out of doors is from early spring until 

 July or August, while the tree is in active growth, and as the 

 scions are still attached to the parent plant they can be inarched 

 in either a woody or herbaceous state. Under glass it cau be 

 done at all seasons of the year. The simplest method is to 

 remove from both the stock and scion plants a thin slice of the 

 bark and alburnum from two to three inches long; then, brinoino- 

 both cut surfaces together in such a manner that they shall fit 

 exactly, to tie them firmly with bass or raffia, aud cover the wound 

 with grafting wax to keep out the air. 



Another kind of inarching is similar to tongue grafting. An 

 incision is made in the stock and the graft, and the two are bound 

 together and waxed. Sometimes the top of the stock is cut off 

 and tongued at the time of grafting, and the graft is joined at the 

 cut extremity. Another way is to cut off the stock and cut out a 

 V ; the scion is then cut on both sides to fit into the stock, then 

 inserted in the V and completed by tying carefully as in other 

 cases. This method is much used in grafting high standard 

 weepers, which are then tied carefully and waxed as has been 

 directed. In grafting by this method, the trees or plants to be 

 grafted must be in close proximity to each other. The scion 

 plants must be either planted around the stock tree or in pots and 

 so arranged on stands as to be easily brought in contact with the 

 branches of the stock tree. 



