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shoot used as stock, and an annular incision cutting into the 

 bark only is made above and below a node (Fig. 64 aa' bb'). 

 A third vertical incision passing through the centre of the 

 eye is made joining the two annular incisions xy ; the two 

 flaps of bark are lifted (Fig. 65), the bud (Fig. 66) fitted 

 underneath, and the joint bound (Fig. 67). 



Although the budding of vines is performed with success 

 with these new methods, it unfortunately seems to give plants 

 of short life, and always inferior to those obtained with the 

 cleft methods.* 



(<?) Herbaceous Grafts. Herbaceous grafts have not 

 generally succeeded in France, while, on the contrary, they 



Fig. 66. Horvath method. Preparation of scion 



have generally been applied successfully in Hungary, where 

 this method of grafting was used very long ago for fruit trees. 

 Herbaceous grafting may be done 1st, with a simple 

 cleft ; 2nd, with a whip tongue ; 3rd, with an English cleft ; 

 4th, with a side cleft. 



* For further information see New Methods of Grafting and Budding as applied to 

 Reconstitution with American Vines, by the present translators, Department of Agriculture, 

 Melbourne, 1901. 



