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GENERAL PKINCIPLE8. 



hastens and facilitates the emission of roots ; the outer 

 edge should also be somewhat thicker than the inner. A 

 eloping cut {A, fig. 77) is then made on the stock, an inch 

 and a half h)ng ; another cut (i?) is made across this cut, 

 about half way down, as at point J^; the stock is split on 



one side of the ))ith 

 by laying the chisel 

 on the horizontal 

 surface, and strik- 

 ing lightly with a 

 mallet ; the split is 

 kept open with the 

 knife or chisel tmtil 

 the cion is insert- 

 ed, Avith the thick 

 side out {A, fig. 

 78). Grafts of this 

 kind heal mtich 

 more rapidly than 

 when cut at once 

 horizontally. Very 

 large branches are 

 sawed horizontally 

 off at the point to 

 be grafted {A, fig. 

 79) ; the surface is 

 then pared smooth 

 with the knife, a 



Fig. 76, cion, witli sloping cut on east Bide, lilce a gplit is made with 

 wedge ; A, bud at tlie shoulder ; S, section showing . i • 1 1 ' 



shape of wedge. Fig. 77. the stock cut and split ; .4, the ChlSCl, nearly Ul 

 the sloping cut; J?, horizontal cut. Fig. 78, the cion the center, nnd tWO 



inserted in the stoclc. i ti : „ ;„ 



wedge-like cions m- 



serted {A, J?, fig. 80) ; if both grow, and they are after- 

 wards too close, one can be cut away. Another mode of 

 grafting such large stocks, or branches, is to cut them off 

 horizontally, as above, and pare them smooth with the 



76 to 78. 



77. 



-CLEFT GRAFTING. 



