36 Grafting.” 
improved whip-grafting, or the “Cham- 
pin-graft”’ (la greffe Champin), we will de- 
scribe by a free — of that chapter of 
his book treating thereon 
Let us operate first on  @ rooted plant or a 
rooted i 
better still with ‘the knife, cut off the top as 
BUSHBERG CATALOGUE. 
internode; with the pruning shears, or 
close as possible below an eye or joint at the | 
collar. 
remains but little difference between a plant 
and a rooted joint.* With a coarse rag wipe 
After the top has been taken off there | 
offallsand and grit from that portion of the | 
shoot to be grafted. 
a very thin, but wide, and not too long blade 
Then with a grafting- | 
(see Fig. 52), make a nice, straight and regular | 
Fig. 52. 
slit or cleft, from above downwards, and at one- 
third or one-fourth of the diameter (1} to 2} 
inches in length), according to the size of the 
subject (Fig. 53). Then, holding the stock in 
your left hand in the manner shown in Fig. 54, 
with the palm of the hand turned up, cut the 
thickest part of the split end toan exact smooth 
level, of equal length as the cleft, as shown in 
- . 
pes Bae laa 
a 
= sr 
Footed in 
_den-bass is very good, but any small, stron, 
Grafting. 
Fig. 55. 
This operation is not at all amicate: ee in 
order to perform it easily, it requires a very | 
sharp knife, ground to a fine edge from the 
upper side only. 
e graft or scion, which should be selected 
two eyes, is prepared, split and cut precisely in 
the same manner as the stock, except only, of 
course, that the cleft and level will be at the 
lower extremity instead of at the upper. (See 
, Fig. 
‘Having thus prepared both stock and — 
itisa very easy matter to unite and adjus 
them, as shown by . 56, care na 
the beaxk of both fit together exactly and snug- 
ly, at least on one side. 
e graft is now ready for the tie, which 
"should be of some strong pliable material. Lin- 
