LABORATORY MANUAL OF HORTICULTURE 



is convenient in making an opening into which the scion can be 

 inserted. Why are the scions placed between the bark and the 

 wood instead of being placed in a cleft in the stock ? After the 

 scions have been placed in the stock, wax the whole surface over 

 with grafting-wax, allowing the wax to extend over the edge of 

 the stub about one fourth of an inch. 



2. Make a drawing, four inches in length, showing the scions 

 in place, after the whole surface has been waxed over with 

 grafting-wax. Label all parts. When is this form of grafting 

 used ? Discuss. 



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