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of which is in grafting by inlaying, which will be alluded 

 to further on. The blade has a double purpose: the gouge 

 (B) at the upper end is angular, so as to produce in the 

 stock a wedge-shaped incision. At the bottom of the blade is 

 a similar angular gouge (C), with which the scion is cut into a 

 triangular wedge, which will fit perfectly into the incision made 



Combined Grafter. 



in the stock, as the two gouges (B and 0) are made with the 

 same angle. That at C may be turned the other way, so as to 

 suit a left-handed workman. Between these two parts, the 

 blade is sharp-edged at A, and serves for cutting the scion from 

 its parent-tree, or for smoothing the angles, if they have been 

 imperfectly cut by the gouge at C. 



The Metro-Greffe. 

 This tool is composed of a double spatula, which is 

 fitted into the handle of an ordinary grafting-knife. Its 



B 



A 

 The Metro-Greffe. 



use is to measure the scion and stock, so as to make them 

 fit exactly in those modes of grafting in which the two parts 

 are placed in juxtaposition by simple veneering. The handle 

 (D) bears at one end the blade of the grafting-knife which cuts 

 the scion ; and at the other end the double spatula, the two 



