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for buds, jxige 223. If con- 

 venient, it is mucli better to 

 have tlie graft and stock of 

 l^recisely equal diameter ; but, 

 except for a fancy, it is hardly 

 T\"ortli while to use this mode 

 of grafting at all. 



There are innumerable other 

 fancy modes, for which the 

 French and Chinese are fa- 

 mous, but which will readily 

 suggest themselves to any one 

 for pleasant amusement. 



The common and useful 

 modes of grafting are three. 

 Cleft grafting, which is i:ier- 

 formed upon stocks as small 

 as three fourths of an inch in 

 diameter, or limbs as large as 

 a man's arm ; cro"wn grafting, used only for large trees ; and 

 tongue grafting, wdiich is chiefly adapted to very small stocks. 



a. The stock prepared- 

 h. The graft prepared. 

 c. The graft fitted upon the stock and ready 

 for l:iinding. 



CLEFT GRAFTIXG. 

 Fig. 113. 



