PROPAGATION BY BUDDING AND GRAFTING 145 



The little tongue of bark on the stock covers the base of the 

 cion when it is set. The cionistied tightly to the stock (B), usu- 

 ally with raffia. 



This method of grafting makes no incision into old wood, 

 and all wounded surfaces are completely covered by the match- 

 ing of the cion and stock. It is not necessary, therefore, to 

 wax over the wounds, as a rule. If used in the open, however, 

 wax should be used. The parts grow together uniformly and 

 quickly, making a solid and perfect union, as shown at D. So 

 far as the union of the parts is concerned, this is probably the 

 most perfect form of grafting. This method, which is nothing 

 but the side-graft of the English gardeners with the most im- 

 portant addition of a longer tongue on the stock, is known by 

 various names, but it is 

 oftenest called veneer-graft- 

 ing in this country. 



Veneer-grafting is em- 

 ployed mostly from No- 

 vember to March, on potted 

 plants. Stocks grown out- 

 doors are potted in the early 

 fall and carried over in a 

 cool house or pit. The cion 

 is applied an inch or two 

 above the surface of the 

 ground, and the stock need 

 not be headed back until 

 the cion has united. (See 

 Fig. 165.) 



Both dormant and grow- 

 ing cions are used. All plants in full sap must be placed 

 under a frame in the house, in which they may be almost 

 entirely buried with sphagnum, not too wet, and the house 

 kept cool and rather moist until the cions are well estab- 



A 

 FIG. 164. 



B C 



Veneer-grafting (x 5). 



