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the reception of the scion. The latter is pruned to three 

 ejes iu length, having the lower part cut in the form . 

 of a wedge, commencing about an inch beneath 

 the lowest eye, and gradually tapering -to the bottom. 

 It is then inserted as far as the lowest bud into the 

 cleft of the stock : the second bud is level with the 

 surface of the ground, which is drawn close around 

 it, and the uppermost is quite above the soil. Great 



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eare is necessary in adjusting the scion, that its barj^ 

 jnay touch that of the stock in every possible point. 

 " The whole is then bound round with a pliable osier 



