CLEFT GRAFT ABOVE GROUND. 55 



It is important to ligature with a material 

 resisting decomposition so as to hold the 

 two little branches of the fork together 

 until complete knitting. Sulphated raffia 

 washed after sulphating seems to give very 

 good results. 



The portion dispensed with in the hollow- 

 ing, comprises only the pith and a ligneous 

 part which does not influence the knitting. 

 The strike is even increased, as the bring- 

 ing together of the two branches of the fork 

 allows the generative layers of both stock and brought 

 scion to coincide over a greater length. showi di g ame^" laller 



