Grafting 



the shields are incorporated the shoots of the 

 stock are gradually removed, as was shown 

 in the case of crown-grafting. 



When the stock is too slender to receive a 

 graft in the usual way, the difficulty may be 

 overcome by the following method. From 

 a branch, the same size as the stock, a rec- 

 tangular piece of bark, furnished with a shoot, 

 is removed by four strokes with the knife. 

 This piece is immediately applied to the 

 stock to serve as a guide, and its outline 

 is followed by the point of the knife which at 

 the same time cuts the bark. In this way 

 a piece of bark of exactly the same size is 

 removed, which is at once replaced by the 

 other, held in place by a ligature. 



Another way is to make two cuts in the bark 

 all round the branch above and below the 

 shoot . A cut is then made lengthways between 

 the two, and the cylinder of bark is removed in 

 one piece. On the stock of equal size a 

 similar cylinder is removed, which is replaced 

 by the one bearing the shoot that is to be 

 transplanted. 



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