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held securely in its place by the notch in the 

 stock, and a good eye and hand will make the 

 cuts so that the bark will coincide over most of 

 the surface. When this work is done in a green- 

 house, a little sphagnum moss is tied around the 

 scion and stock to preserve a moist condition. 

 In this way evergreen trees and a great variety 

 of stocks, which are comparatively difficult to 

 graft, are treated very successfully. In the 

 close, even temperature and hu- 

 midity of a glass case within 

 the greenhouse, a careful gar- 

 dener will succeed in grafting 

 almost every plant with its al- 

 lied stock. In all cases he en- 

 deavors to have the sap of the 

 stock in motion and slightly in 

 advance of the scion. 



Saddle grafting can scarcely 

 be called more than a modified 

 form of whijD grafting. 



Here the stock is sloped off 

 on each side, as seen in Fig. 32 

 6, while the scion a is slit so as 

 to cover the stock. In Fig. 33 

 the work is seen before the 

 ^'^' '^' bandage is applied, and shows 



how smooth wiU be the after growth, if success- 



