34 PLANT PROPAGATION 
easily separates; and with this method it has been 
recommended that the stocks should be cut down a 
month beforehand, the cuts being again made fresh at 
grafting time. The scion should be about 6 inches long, 
with two or three eyes attached to the upper part. The 
lower half is cut in a sloping direction, the same as the 
splice-graft,“and the notch or shoulder formed in cutting 
it is made to fit on the top of the stock. It is then 
CROWN- OR RIND-GRAFTING, 
inserted between the bark and wood, which readily 
separate if in proper condition. One or more scions 
may be inserted, according to the size of the stem 
intended for their reception (see illustrations). The cut 
parts should be afterwards covered with a bandage, not 
made too tight, and with clay or grafting-wax. In what 
is known as improved crown-grafting the top of the 
stock is cut obliquely, and the bark only raised on one 
side of the longitudinal cut made for the reception of 
the scion, the motive being to increase the points of 
