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ing, or grafting by approach, in which the cion remains attached 

 to the parent plant until union takes place. This last is so 

 much like grafting proper, and is so little used, that it is dis- 

 cussed under the head of grafting in the succeeding parts of 

 this chapter ; it is essentially a mode of layering. Each of these 

 divisions can be almost endlessly varied and subdivided, but 

 in this discussion only the leading practices can be detailed. 

 The following enumeration, after Baltet, gives a fair idea of 

 the kinds of grafting with distinct names : 



1. Bud-grafting, or budding 



1. Grafting with shield-buds. 



Bud-grafting under the bark, or by inoculation. 

 Bud-grafting, ordinary method. 

 Bud-grafting with a cross-shaped incision. 

 Bud-grafting with the incision reversed. 

 Bud-grafting by veneering. 

 Bud-grafting, the combined or double method. 



2. Flute-grafting. 

 Flute-grafting, common method. 

 Flute-grafting with strips of bark. 



2. C ion-grafting, or grafting proper 



1. Side-grafting under the bark. 

 Side-grafting with a simple branch. 

 Side-grafting with a heeled branch. 

 Side-grafting in the alburnum. 

 Side-grafting with a straight cleft. 

 Side-grafting with an oblique cleft. 



2. Crown-grafting. 

 Ordinary method. 

 Improved method. 



3. Grafting dc precision. 

 Veneering, common method. 

 Veneering, in crown-grafting. 

 Veneering with strips of bark. 



