Transplanting. 



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after which the graft is cut off below, and the stock 

 above, the union. 



b The top of the stock is cut off with a long sloping 

 cut, preferably behind the bud, and the cut surface of 

 the remaining part is inserted be- 

 neath the bark of the graft, as de- 

 scribed in side-grafting (393c), ex- 

 cept that the T-cut is inverted, and 

 the stock is inserted from beneath. 



FIG. 127. 



PIG. 128. 



FIG. 127. Two plants prepared for approach grafting. The cut 

 surfaces, a a, are to be placed together and bound. 



FIG. 128. Two plants bound together for approach grafting. 

 (After Bailey.) 



The graft is cut off below the point of union when 

 the parts are fully united. 



In both these methods the graft should be severed 

 gradually to avoid a check to the growth. 



SECTION II. TRANSPLANTING. 



400. Transplanting consists in lifting a plant from 

 the medium in which its roots are established, and in 



