72 THE ART OF 



those at the base ; and, to keep it fresh, it should be placed in 

 the shade with the end in a vessel of water or in sand. The 

 stock is not headed down, and the leaves on the part destined 



Side- Grafting with a Vertical Cleft. 



to receive the scion are cut off at the stalk or in the middle 

 In order to insert the scion into the alburnum of the stock, 

 the bark and outside layers of alburnum are removed, 



