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contact between the two portions of bark and to 
accelerate their cohesion. 
Side-Grafting. 
For inserting scions without cutting away the head 
of the stock side-grafting is employed. This method is 
useful for propagating plants, and also for supplying, 
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SIDE-GRAFTING. 
where deficient, a branch or a stem to any part of the 
tree (see illustration). 
There are two systems of side-grafting—one by 
placing a simple, or occasionally a based, branch under 
the bark, and the other by inserting branches in clefts 
cut in the alburnum. A side-graft under the bark may 
either consist of a branch having what is termed a 
shooting-bud, or it may possess one that is dormant. 
If the former is selected, a branch of the previous year 
