GRAFTAGE 



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H-BUDDING 



The nature of the H- 

 budding method can be 

 readily seen from the sketch 

 (fig. 72). An H is cut in 

 the bark, the bud is in- 

 serted beneath the two' flaps 

 and bound with raffia. 



INARCHING 



Inarching is a method 

 of approach grafting. It 

 is a simple method, in 

 which a portion of bark is 



Fig. 71. Patch bud of Mango. The patch bud 

 is well adapted for budding thick barked trees 



Fig. 70. Patch budding 



cut from the stems of two 

 plants (see fig. 73-A) which 

 are then tied securely to- 

 gether so that the cut sur- 

 faces of each may knit. 

 Both plants are growing at 

 the time. 



When the plants have 

 united, one of them is cut 

 from its root and allowed 

 to grow on the roots of the 

 other. At the same time 

 the head of the undesirable 

 sort is removed. There are 

 modifications of this simple 

 method in that the parts 

 of the plant are frequently 

 joined by a tongue graft 

 (see fig. 74). 



Beech, Birch, Maple, 

 Larch and various ever- 

 greens are often increased 

 in this way, whenever de- 

 sirable varieties cannot 

 easily be increased in any 

 other way. When stocks 

 are to be used in this way, 



