GRAFTING AND BUDDING. 



bark from the alburnum. However, it may happen that scions 

 of large size will threaten to burst the tissues ; in that case 

 the best thing to do is to make a longitudinal cut in the bark 

 with the grafting-knife at the moment of inserting the scion. 

 The thicker the stock is, the greater the number of scions 

 which may be placed upon it ; however, to render the cohesion 

 more complete, there should be a distance between them of at 

 least two inches. A bandage, which should not be too tight, 

 nor compress the bark too much, is necessary after the 

 insertion of the scions. Grafting-wax is applied to the cuts, 

 and to the bark of the stock where it covers the scions, in 

 order to prevent rents. The adhering of the wax is facilitated 

 by wiping off the sap which oozes from the cuts. Our 

 illustration represents the head of a stock (which has been 

 grafted, either by crown-grafting, or cleft -grafting, or inlaying, 

 or veneering) bandaged and covered with grafting-wax. The 

 wax is spread over the cut (A) on the head of the stock, 

 where a branch has been removed (E), where the scion and 

 stock are joined (I), and on the top of the shortened scion 

 (0). The terminal bud (U) is not covered, nor the bud (Y) 

 imbedded in the incision. Crown-grafting is, so to speak, 

 indispensable in the case of large trees, on which a great 

 number of scions may be grafted, in consideration of the 

 amount of nourishment furnished by the roots. 



Ordinary Croivn-Grvafting. 



In the stock (B) we insert three scions (c, c f , c"), which are as 

 many as its diameter will allow of. It would be rather difficult 

 to insert more without bursting the bark in at least one place 

 by the increased tension. In the present case, that mischance 

 is prevented by making a longitudinal incision (D), which not 

 only facilitates the insertion of the scion c', but also allows the 

 others (c and c") to be easily introduced without any danger of 



