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THE ART OF 



themselves with moistening the point with their lips. A 

 small implement of wood or ivory is usually employed in 

 preparing a place for the insertion of the scion. It has a long 

 sloping point, which is introduced between the bark and the 

 alburnum, and on being withdrawn the end of the scion is 

 slipped into the opening. "When this precaution is taken, 



A Crown-Graft completed. 



there is no fear of breaking slender scions nor of bursting 

 the bark; however, the simple pressure of the hand will 

 often suffice to fix the scion under the bark without previously 

 raising it. The introduction of the scion is in most cases 

 facilitated by the circulation of the sap which separates the 



