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out in the open ground at once, and covered with soil 

 about an inch above the point of junction. 



In colder latitudes they are packed closely in small 

 boxes with sandy earth among the roots, and kept in a 

 cool cellar until they can be planted in spring. In root 

 grafting, either waxed cloth or twine 

 is used to hold the scions in place. 



In grafting, as in budding, always 

 have sharp instruments; make the 

 cuts clean and smooth; bring the inner 

 bark — that is, the active young i>arts — 

 of stock and scion in close contact by 

 a permanent pressure of the stock 

 upon its scion; the top of the scion 

 should be cut off next to a bud, aud 

 there should be a bud just beneath the 

 shoulder where it unites with the 

 stock; every portion of the wound 

 should be perfectly covered with the 

 composition, and the stock and scion 

 must correspond, not only in their na- 

 ture, but in their habits of growth. 



Inarching, or Grafting by Ap- 

 proach.— This mode is practiced with 

 Camellias and Magnolias. A branch is 

 bent and partly cut through, as in Figure 92, and the heel 

 thus formed is slipped into a slit made downward in the 

 stock to receive it; the parts are then made to meet as 

 exactly as possible, and are bound with bass strings, as 

 in Figure 93, and covered with grafting clay, or with the 

 composition. In five or six months the union is complete, 

 and the inarched plant may be separated from its parent, 

 which is done with a sharp knife so as to leave a clean 

 cut. The head of the stock, if not removed before, is then 

 cut away, and the plant is ready for removal. 



Fig. 92 — Inarching or 

 Grafting by Approach. 



