BOUGHS AND BRANCHES. “8 
bud. Its object is to attach one vegetable to another, which is to 
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Fig. 84.—Approach grafting. 
sustain and furnish matter for its sustenance ; 
to nurse it, in short. We sometimes see in 
forests certain trees, particularly the Horn- 
beam, in which a branch of one is firmly 
united to a neighbouring tree of the same 
species. This process, which in this case is a 
natural occurrence, is practised artificially to a 
great extent in gardening. The operator cuts 
a corresponding slice of bark from two trees, 
| brings the two equal places into- contact, and 
Fig. 85.—Cleft grafting, 1@Shes them firmly together with cord, which 
is again covered with some sort of clay to keep 
the wound moist until a junction has taken place. This is 
approach grafting. Fig. 83 shows the manner of preparing the 
