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The scion in this case is a small branch, or a part of a branch 

 from four to eight inches long, baring the lower part cut with 

 a long splice-cut, the surface of which should be perfectly 

 smooth, and cut thin to the bark at the point B. If it is de- 

 sired to have a branch forming a wide angle with the stem of 

 the stock, a bent or curved scion is selected ; the convex part 

 is cut and placed against the stock, while the top turned 

 outwards will give the required inclination to the limb. With 

 a perfectly straight scion one can contrive to have a shoot on 



Side -Grafting with a Simple Branch. 



the side opposite the cutting on the face which is united to the 

 stock ; this shoot, when developed, will form a branch almost 

 perpendicular to the stem. In propagating certain trees, such 

 as the beech, branched scions, two or three years old, are used, 

 cut as we have described, with a splice cutting, rather thin 

 towards the point. The scion having been prepared, we make 

 on the stock two incisions forming a T through the bark, not 

 penetrating the alburnum (C). The bark is then raised with 



