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branch, must be cut off with a slope, and a sht made 

 the contrary way, in the top of the slope, deep 

 enough to receive the cion, which should be cut 

 sloping like a wedge, so as to fit the slit made in the 

 stock ; being careful to leave that side of the wedge 

 which is to be placed outward, much thicker than 

 the other : and in putting the cion into the slit of 

 the stock, there must be great care taken to join 

 the. rind of the cion to that of the stock ; for if 

 these do not unite, the grafts will not succeed : 

 when this method of grafting is used to stocks that 

 are not strong, it will be proper to make a ligature 

 of bass, to prevent the slit of the stock from open- 

 ing ; then the whole should be clayed over, to pre- 

 vent the air from penetrating the slit, so as to de- 

 stroy the grafts, only leaving two eyes of the cions 

 above the clay for shooting. 



The third method is termed whip, or tongue- 

 grafting, which is the most commonly practised of 

 any by the nursery-men near London, especially for 

 small stocks, because the cions much sooner cover 

 the stocks in this method than in any other. 



This is performed by cutting off the head of the 

 stocks sloping : then there must be a notch made 

 in the slope, toward the upper part, downward, a 

 little more than half an inch deep, to receive the 

 cion, which must be cut with a slope upward, and 

 a slit made in this slope like a tongue, which tongue 

 must be inserted into the slit made in the slope of 

 the stock, and the cion must be placed on one side 

 of the stock, so as that the two rinds of both cion 



