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Pace 



Soils ' 54 



The Formation of Roots • • ■ 55 



2. The Various Kinds of Cuttings 58 



Tuber Cuttings 59 



Root Cuttings 60 



Stem Cuttings 62 



Leaf Cuttings 70 



CHAPTER V. 



Graftage 73-156 



1. General Considerations 73 



Mutual Influence of Stock and Cion 74 



Limits of Graftage 77 



General Methods 78 



Classification of Graftage 79 



Is Graftage a Devitalizing Process? Si 



2. Budding 94 



Shield-budding 95 



Prong-budding 105 



Plate-budding 105 



H-budding 106 



Flute-budding , . . 106 



Chip-budding 107 



3. Grafting 107 



Whip-grafting 108 



Modified Whip-grafts 1 1 1 



Saddle -grafting 113 



Splice-grafting 113 



Veneer-grafting 113 



Side-grafting 115 



Inlaying 117 



Cleft-grafting i iS 



Bark-grafting 129 



Herbaceous-grafting , 130 



Seed-grafting 131 



Cutting-grafting 131 



