GRAFTING. 



105 



u The most practical way of binding consists in making 

 two or three turns round the top of the cleft (Fig. 74A) 

 without tightening it, then, keeping the ligature lightly 

 between the fingers, the sci;>n is adjusted so as to allow its 

 bark to coincide with that of the stock ; the tie is then 

 tightened, and continued downwards so as to completely 



Fig. 74. Herbaceous Cleft Graft completed. 



Fig. 75. Herbaceous Graft 

 (after H. Goethe). 



cover the joint, leaving the eye out. If wool is used, the 

 most practical way of fastening the ligature consists in 

 simply twisting both ends together. It goes without saying 

 that a very sharp grafting knife with a very thin blade 

 should be used."* 



The ordinary herbaceous cleft graft, or the English herba- 

 ceous cleft graft (without tongue), are performed in the 

 same way as with lignified wood. The side cleft graft is made 



* E. Jouzier, Gre/age de la vi-ine en tcusson et en fente herbacte ; in Annales d? 

 I'lnstitut Agronvinique, vol. xii., 1887, page 132. 



