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neatest and surest modes of grafting yet 

 known. 



When the stock is larger than the scion, the 

 latter must be fitted to one side of the former. 



It is often more convenient in practice, to 

 tongue the stock and scion together, that is, to 

 cut a corresponding notch or slit in each, and 

 then fit the two carefully together, tying and 

 claying or waxing the joint, as before. 



Small stocks, taken up in the fall and kept 

 in a cellar, are often grafted in winter, by the 

 fire-side, in either of the above-described 

 modes, and then kept in the cellar until 

 spring. 



Side-grafting is often practised to improve 

 the form of a tree, or as a substitute for the 

 other modes of grafting. Cut the scion as for 

 splice-grafting. In the bark of the trunk or 

 limb, where you wish to insert the scion, cut 

 a slit, of the form of an inverted L (thus q,) 

 paring away a small triangular piece of the 

 bark, on the upper side of the horizontal part 

 of the slit, so that the scion may fit closely to 

 the stock. The vertical part of the slit should 

 be two or three inches long. Raise the corner 

 of the bark, and enter the scion under it, 

 always remembering the fundamental princi- 



