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CLEFT-GRAFTING. 



in contact with each other. The graft is then 

 bound firmly to keep the parts in position, and 

 covered with clay or grafting wax for excluding 

 the air. 



Cleft grafting. The stock is split open 

 by a chisel, and the scion, being cut wedge- 

 shaped, is ritted in the cleft, so that the inner 

 barks may meet each other. This mode has 

 obviously certain objections, and is chiefly 

 adapted for plants with old stocks. 



Sadile-graftin*. In this the stock and 

 scion must be of nearly equal thickness, as the 

 former is cut sloping on each side, like a wedge, 

 and the latter is split up the centre and thinned so as to allow of 

 it fitting accurately on top of the stock. This 

 method is suited to shrubs and young-wooded 

 plants. 



Wedge-grafting. This is the same as the 

 preceding plan, with the position of parts reversed. 



Crown or Rind-grafting is ap- 

 plied to trees of considerable si/e. 

 A scion, about 6 inches long, is select- 

 ed ; the lower half is cut in a sloping 

 direction, and the notch or shoulder 

 formed in cutting it is made to 

 fit on top of the stock. It is then 

 inserted between the bark and wood. 

 This can only be done at the com- 

 mencement of the growing season, when the bark 

 and wood easily separate. 



S ADDLE- 

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RIXD- 

 (iKAFTING. 



SIDE-GRAFT1XG 



Side-grafting consists 

 in inserting scions into the 

 branches or sides of the 

 stock, without cutting away 

 the head of the latter. It is useful for 

 supplying, where deficient, a branch or 

 stem to any part of a tree. The scion being 

 splice-cut and thinned out, it is inserted 

 under the bark, the union being bound up 

 and covered with clay or wax. 



