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thick root is cut with a knife, and the stock is bound 

 up securely, usually with wire, as cord, unless waxed, 

 rots off too quickly. Wax is not used, as the graft 

 is buried to the top bud. The peony is grafted in 

 summer. 



Dahlias are often grafted in the same fashion, al- 

 though some operators prefer, in such 

 fleshy subjects, to cut out a section from 

 Cleft-graft the s ^ e ^ the stock to receive the cion, 

 of ^ cactus rather than to make a cleft, much as in 

 the process of inlaying illustrated in Fig. 

 192. Hollyhocks, certain ipomeas, gloxinias and 

 other thick-rooted plants may be similarly treated. 



Miscellaneous forms of grafting 



The ways of grafting are as many as the ways of 

 whittling. Certain ones of them have gained con- 

 siderable currency and may be set down 

 here. 



Splice-grafting. The simplest form of 

 grafting is that shown in Fig. 185, in which 

 the two parts are simply cut across diag- 

 onally and laid together. The parts are 

 held only by the string, which, together FIG. 185. 

 with the wax, is applied in the same Splice-graft 

 way as on the whip-graft. Splice-graft- 

 ing is frequently used with soft or tender wood 

 that will not admit of splitting. It is adapted mostly 

 to small shoots. 



Saddle-grafting. Saddle-grafting is a simple and 

 useful method for the shoots of small growing 

 plants. The stock is cut to a wedge-shape end 

 FIG. 186. by two cuts, and the cion is split and set astride 

 (x|). the wedge (Fig. 186). The union is then tied and 



