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is removed, corresponding to the portion taken from the 

 stock. The little tongue of bark on the stock covers the 

 base of the cion when it is set. The cion is tied tightly to 

 the stock {B, Fig. iii), usually with raffia. This method of 

 grafting makes no incision into the wood, and all wounded 

 surfaces are completely covered by the matching of the cion 

 and stock. (See Fig. 83, page 88, and compare it with the 

 picture of a whip-graft union in Fig. 84, page 89.) It is 



not necessary, there- 

 fore, to wax over the 

 wounds, as a rule. 

 If used in the open, 

 however, wax should 

 be used. The parts 

 grow together uni- 

 formly and quickly, 

 making a solid and 

 perfect union, as 

 shown at /?. So far 

 as the union of the 

 parts is concerned, 

 this is probably the 

 ideal method of 

 grafting. This meth- 

 r£ od, which is nothing 

 but the side-graft of 

 the English garden- 

 ers with the most 

 important addition of a longer tongue on the stock, is 

 known by various names, but it is oftenest called veneer- 

 grafting in this country. 



Veneer-grafting is employed mostly from November to 

 March, upon potted plants. Stocks which are grown out- 

 doors are potted in the early fall and carried over in a cool 

 house or pit. The cion is applied an inch or two above the 

 surface of the soil, and the stock need not be headed back 

 until the cion has united. (See Fig. H2. ) Both dormant 



B C 



III. l^eneer-grafting {x%). 



