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found growing on willow, sycamore on laurel, laurel on 

 cherry and so on. Such cases, except as noted (207), are 

 not grafts at all but are merely trees of one kind growing 

 in soil held in crevices of another kind — cases by no 

 means rare. 



194. Stock — any plant part, usually root or' stem, in 

 which a bud or a cion is inserted to propagate a plant 

 species, variet}' or strain. 



195. Cion — any plant part, usually of a stem, inserted 

 in a stock for propagation. It may consist of one bud 

 with little or no wood, as in budding, or of one or more 

 buds with one or more inter-nodes, as in grafting. 



196. Objects of graftage. Graftage may be used: 1, 

 To alter plant character by modifying wood, foliage, or 

 fruit produced. 2, To develop branches, flowers or fruit 

 where they are lacking on trees or shrubs. 3, To enhance 



FIG. 117— SIDE GRAFT 



1. Stock, chisel and mallet; 2. Incision made and graft wrapped- 3 Waxed 

 completed gratt — cion at right. 



