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not be made ot metal, as that would soon be rusted by the 

 sap. The budding knife is indispensable for bud-grafting, for 

 cutting the scions in branch-grafting, for raising the bark, for 



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English Budding-Knife. 



grafting under glass, or cutting ligatures when too tight for 

 the graft, &c. 



The Grafting -Knife. 

 The handle of this implement is slightly curved, in order to 

 facilitate grafting near the surface of the ground ; the blade, in 

 form of a comma or drop, is useful for splitting stocks 

 intended for cleft -grafting when a partial cleft is required. A 

 cleft from side to side is obtained by means of a knife with a 



Grafting-Knife. 



straight blade, like a table-knife in shape. The handle and 

 back of such a knife should be strong enough to support the 

 blows of the mallet, which the operator is sometimes obliged 

 to use in cleaving very thick or hard-wooded stocks. 



The Grafting-Chisel 

 The grafting-chisel has the blade and the handle all in one 

 piece, iron and steel. It has every advantage of solidity and 

 resistance when it is required to cleave strong stems, either 

 with or without the help of the mallet. When the cleft is 

 made, we can, by half withdrawing the chisel, use it as a lever 

 or wedge to keep the cleft partially open, and facilitate the 



