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ends, be used to force a passage between the bark and the 

 wood of the stock (Fig. G.^ 



Inarching, or grafting by approach, as it is sometimes 

 called, is analogous to propagation by layering. It differs 

 from grafting in that the scion is not removed from the 

 parent until they are both firmly adherent. It is considered 

 to be the most certain of all kinds of grafting, and it is 

 extensively employed in the West Indies for the multiplication inarching 

 of plants of the better kind of mangoes. The operation is '"^"s^^^- 

 performed in the following way : — A branch of the parent 

 having been selected about the same size as the stock, the 

 bark and a portion of the wood of each are pared away to 

 the extent of two or three inches, and they are then bound 

 fast together ; the bark of the wounds being accurately 

 fitted, and grafting wax is applied over all. It is usual to 

 make tongues in the stock and the scion, so that one may 

 fit into the other, but this is not really necessary, although 

 it helps to prevent movement — which is always fatal to 

 union. 



