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REARING PLANTS FROM BUDS 



flatwise across the center of the end of one of the stubs 



and drive it in until the stub splits open wide enough to 

 admit a lead pencil. Next, with a sharp knife, 

 cut two pieces shaped like Figure 39 from one 

 of the cions, each piece having two perfect buds, 

 pointing as shown. Insert these into the split 

 in the stock as shown in Figure 40. Be careful 

 to place the cions in the cleft so that the line be- 

 tween the bark and wood on the stock touches 

 the like or corresponding line on the outside of 

 the cion, as shown in Figure 41. Then cover 

 the whole 

 cut end of 

 the stock, 

 the cleft at 

 the sides, 

 and. also, 

 the top end 

 of the 



cions, with grafting wax. 



(Figure 42.) If the stub 



to be grafted is less than 



an inch in thickness, use a 



single cion instead of two. 

 Whip Grafting. - In 



whip grafting, the splice is 



made where the stock and 



the cion are of about the 



same thickness. The cuts FlG - 43--Whi P grafting. 



should be made with a sharp knife, as shown in Figure 



43, a. They should then be slipped together, as shown 



FIG. 42. 

 Cleft graft 

 complete. 



