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plants with slender shoots to inarch on strong stocks, proceed as 

 follows :— Cut the head of the stock in a slanting direction opposite to 

 an eye or small branch ; make at the lower side of this wound a trian- 



Fig. LV. 



gular perpendicular cut through the bark and alburnum, as at a ; its 

 dimensions should always be in proportion to the size of the part to be 

 inarched ; cut the latter of an opposite form, and unite the parts. This 

 union is sometimes difficult, on account of the difference which may 

 exist between the thickness of the barks. When perfectly taken, the 

 inarched portion is separated from its parent stem as usual. After 

 this we cut off the heel, which has hitherto served as a point of 

 attachment for the Ugatuie, and a magazine for the sap which has 

 aided in uniting the parts inarched. If this mode of iaarching is to he 

 performed on a large tree, of which the top has been broken by wind, 

 we plant near it a young one, which can be inarched on the broken 

 trunk as above explained, excepting that, instead of being sloped, the 

 stock is out horizontally. M. Thouin says that this mode is employed 

 in the good climate of Caux ; but in other places they prefer crown 

 grafting, while others prefer grubbing up the trees. 



Cleft Grafting. — Of this there are two principal kinds. The first 

 comprehends those of which the stocks are thicker than the grafts, and 

 for which ligatures may be generally dispensed with. In the second, 

 the parts intended to be joined ought to be of an equal size, and must be 



