GRAFTAGE 



119 



"When the mutilated tree did not measure more than 20 centi- 

 meters in diameter the 'crowning' method has been used. This 

 means that the trunk has been sawed in a slightly oblique direction 

 to facilitate the shedding of the rain (fig. 64, a), and then from three 

 to six grafting-slips have been inserted all around the trunk, between 

 the bark and the wood. Grafting-slips for use in the 'crowning' 

 method are prepared as shown in figs. 66, b and c, and set in 8 or 10 

 centimeters apart, the space varying according to the diameter of 

 the trunk (fig. 64, d). When set in place, the graft-slips are liga- 

 tured, and the whole surface wound, bark, and ligature care- 

 fully covered with grafting wax. The slips (which must be in a 

 state of complete rest) will be found in France growing in a crown 

 around the top of the mutilated trunk. . . ." 



Fig. 64. Crown grafting in war zone. (From L' Illustration, Paris) 

 (See page 118) 



TERMINAL BUD GRAFTING 



With certain plants the tip of the twig of a seedling is split 

 lengthwise through the terminal bud and a cion is inserted as in the 

 ordinary cleft graft. According to Baltet, this method, known as 

 terminal bud grafting, is performed upon the Walnut and the Pine. 

 It is best practiced indoors and is here presented in the hope that 

 it may prove a method by which some other difficult plants may 

 be grafted. 



SPRIG BUDDING 



A method of grafting, known as sprig budding is shown in 

 Fig. 69. Strictly speaking it is not budding, but grafting, in that 

 a cion rather than a single bud is used. The photograph is self- 

 explanatory. 



BUDDING 



When the cion is merely a bud, the process is known under the 

 specific name of budding, a term less accurate than the French term 



