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end of the cion 4 or 5 inches long, so that it may lead down- 

 wards into a bottle or dish of water, thereby absorbing sufficient 

 moisture to maintain the cion until it unites with the stock. 

 Another modification, with the same 

 purpose in view, is to allow the ends 

 of the tying material to fall into the 

 water. These methods are called 

 "bottle-grafting" in the books. They 

 are really of little account, although they 

 might be employed for certain difficult 

 subjects amongst ornamental plants ; but 

 even there, better results can be ob- 

 tained by placing the grafts in a close 

 frame, or by packing them in moss. 



A "double whip-graft" is shown in Fig. 

 163. In this method, the cion is cut 

 on one side into a wedge, and on the 

 other with a long tongue (H) . The stock 

 is provided with two clefts, at R and P. 

 FIG. 163. Double whip- This cion, having two supports in the 

 stock, forms a most intimate contact 



with its host; but it is too slow, and the rewards too slight, 

 to warrant its general use. This is sometimes, but erro- 

 neously, called a saddle-graft. 



The veneer-graft 



A style of grafting much used, particularly for ornamentals 

 and for rare stocks grown in pots, is seen in Fig. 164. An in- 

 cision is made on the stock just through the bark and about 

 an inch long (A), the bit of bark being removed by means of 

 a downward sloping cut at its base. The base of the cion is 

 cut off obliquely, and on the longest side a piece of bark is 

 removed, corresponding to the part taken from the stock. 



