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GRAFTAGE. 



is remuved, corresponding to tlie portion taken from the 

 stock. The little ton:_;-ue of bark on the stock covers the 

 base of tlie cion when it is set. The cion is tied tightly to 

 tile stock ( /?, Fig. Ill), usually with raftia. This method of 

 grafting makes no incision into the wood, and all wounded 

 surfaces are completely covered by the matching of the cion 

 and stock. (See Fig. S3, page 88, and compare it with the 

 picture of a whip-graft union in Fig. S4, page 89. ) It is 



not necessary, there- 

 fore, to wa.x over the 

 wounds, as a rule. 

 If used in the open, 

 however, wa.x should 

 be used. The parts 

 grow together uni- 

 formly and quickly, 

 making a solid and 

 perfect union, as 

 shown at D. So far 

 as the union of the 

 piarts is concerned, 

 this is probably the 

 ideal method of 

 grafting. This meth- 

 rfe od, which is nothing 

 "Alt the side-graft of 

 the English garden- 

 ers with the most 

 important addition of a longer tongue on the stock, is 

 kudun liy various names, but it is oftenest called veneer- 

 gr,ifting in this country. 



\'eneer-gr,ifting is employed mostly from November to 

 Alirch, upon potted plants. .Stocks which are grown out- 

 doors are potted in the early fall and carried o\'er in a cool 

 house or ]Mt. The cinn is a|)plied an indi or two above the 

 surfice of the soil, and the stock need not be headed back 

 until the cion has united. (See Fig. 112.) Both dormant 



A B C 



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