GKAFTING AtfD BUDDING. 



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scion and stock, named after other modes of grafting, as by 

 veneering, by inlaying, and by the English method. 



Veneer- Grafting by Approach. 

 The scion A (fig. p. 41) has a portion of the bark and alburnum 

 removed at a. In the stock (B) a flat-bottomed groove is made 

 at b, reaching to the alburnum, and corresponding in dimen- 

 sions to the part a of the scion. The metro-greffe will be 

 useful here in adapting these two parts accurately to each other, 



They are then joined together at C, bandaged, and covered with 

 grafting-wax if necessary. 



Approach- Grafting by Inlaying. 

 The scion D (fig. p. 42) is cut on both sides at d. The stock 

 (E) is prepared to receive it by having an angular groove made 



