GRAFTING AXD BUDDING. 



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introduction of the graft. The chisel used by the vine 



Grafting- Chisel and Mallet. 



length. The blade is about two and three-quarter inches 

 long. 



Tli e Grafting - Gouge. 

 The grafting-gouge here represented comprises a handle 

 about four inches long, and an iron stem nearly eight inches 

 in length, the upper part of which for about two inches is 

 curved inwards, and terminates in a curved gouge, with which 



Grafting- Gouge. 



the groove to receive the graft is cut. This implement, which 

 is recommended by M. Eose-Charmeux, of Thomery, is useful 

 in grafting by approach. 



Combined Grafter. 

 M. Auguste Eiviere, head gardener at the Luxembourg, 

 Paris, is the inventor of this implement, the special use 



