PROPAGATION OF PLANTS 



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cold cellar in moist sand or moss. Cut your scions from 

 the ends of strong bearing limbs fully exposed to sunlight 

 and air, since these have been found to do much better 

 than the large tempting "water shoots " that often spring 

 up in the center of the tree. 



There are about fifty methods of grafting described 

 in the books, but they are all different ways of doing one 



Cleft Grafting 



thing, viz., matching the line between the bark and wood 

 of the scion to that of the stock and fastening them 

 together until growth unites them into one. You will 

 see the need of matching these lines together when you 

 think that this soft substance between the bark and wood 

 is the only living and growing part of a tree. You must, 

 therefore, make close contact between the living part of 

 scion and stock if any growth is to occur, and growth of 



