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nothing that can be done will restore its active functions^and 

 make it unite with anything else. If a union is to be effected 

 between a scion and a stock, it can only be at the outer layer 

 of each, the cambium layer, where growth is still in progress. 

 Whatever method of grafting is adopted, perfect contact be- 

 tween these two layers is essential. 



WHIP-GRAFTING. 



In whip-grafting, a slice is cut off the lower part of the 

 scion, a shoot with three or four buds, and the stock is simi- 



Flg. 32.— Whip Grafting. 



larly sliced to make a,n exact fit. Both are then bound 

 together firmly, but not tightly, with raffia. If, however, the 

 stock is much thicker than the scion, it is better to take two 

 slices, instead of one, off the lower part of the latter, making 



