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the union ; thea cut off the head of the weaker, and thin the end, as at 

 a ; make in the bark of the stock, 6, two incisions, which, together, 

 form an inverted T (J.), from the bottom of which remove a small semi- 

 circular piece of bark (as at c) ; 

 that above wiU be easily raised 

 for introducing the extremity, a, 

 the cut surface of which wiU rest 

 on the alburnum, upon which it 

 should be immediately fixed by 

 stays and ligatures; and if the 

 inarched tree, S, is large, and 

 exposed to wind, the work is 

 completed by driving a nail or 

 two through the part joined. 

 This sort of inarching may be 

 repeatedly performed at the same 

 time on the same individual, 

 when there are subjects adjoin- 

 ing that can be adapted to it. 

 We may also apply it to bending 

 flexible branches to their own 

 stems, and inserting the ex- 

 tremities as above described. 



Inarching Branches ( Qreffe 

 Monceau), Pig. LIV. — This may 

 be employed for the same purpose as the last, and answers better for ever- 

 greens ; but whenever it is adopted, it is best to use wood one or two 

 years old, and to take care that the portions joined are of the same age 

 and thickness. Prepare a stock of the same size as the plant which is 

 to join it. Make in the scion a cleft through the substance of the young 

 wood opened from below upwards, and reaching the medullary sheath ; 

 two nearly equal parts are thus obtained, a ; the other, 6, is cut into a 

 long wedge, and inserted into the cleft, so that the whole may coincide. 

 When this mode is employed for rare plants, difficult to unite by other 

 means, we rear the stock in a pot to the height which the plant to be 

 inarched may require. When well taken, the inarched portion (o) is 

 detached from the parent and depends entirely on the stock (6). 



Hymen Inarching {Greffe Hymen), Fig. LIV. — This may be 

 employed for the same purposes as the preceding ; in forming arbours 

 we may thus unite three or four trees. I have inarched trees in this 

 way, under which a coach could pass in every direction. It is best 

 practised with two subjects rather than more, and may thus be made to 

 form an arch and posts for gateways. Prepare two trees of the same 

 height and thickness ; bring their tops together where they most 

 readily touch ; shave from each at this place an equal-sized longitudinal 



Fig. LIII. 



