GRAFTING AND BUDDING. 



they cross and diverge. The slight curvature of the branches, 

 which gives each tree an elliptical outline, is favourable to the 

 development of fruiting branches ; the extremities are inarched 

 into the leading shoot formed by the union of the branches of 

 the third series. The next illustration is a variety of the pre- 

 ceding arrangement, and a preferable one. It requires only 

 palmettes of two series, and the sinuous form of the branches 

 permits long pruning, and maintains the fruit-spurs regular. 

 The leading shoots are crossed in lozenge form, and are grafted 



Self-supporting Espalier formed by Approach-Grafting. 



by approach at the top. This charming design, which is less 

 complicated than it appears, is produced with regularity if the 

 outline has been previously traced with switches fastened to 

 the trellis. In the third illustration a palmette and two 

 chandeliers are united and support each other mutually. The 

 extremities of the branches of the horizontal palmette are 

 inarched into the outer branches of the chandeliers. It is 

 better not to graft the branches where they cross each other # 

 A group like this should be grown in the open ground, and 

 not against a wall. The figure (p. 61) represents a palmette- 



