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bursting the bark of the stock. When a stock is grafted close 

 to the ground, it will be no harm to earth it up as far as the 

 upper buds of the graft. This will secure it from being dried up ; 

 and in certain kinds new roots will be formed on the incisions, 

 which will promote rapidity of growth. It is not absolutely 

 necessary to select scions of the current year's growth. Wood 

 two years old, but fresh, has an equal chance of success, on the 

 condition, be it understood, that it is furnished with eyes 

 capable of being developed. In the case of old trees, there 



need be no hesitation in selecting mixed scions, two years old 

 in the part which is to be united to the stock, and one year old 

 in the = upper part which is to make the growth. The American 

 Gleditschia, on which G. Bujotii and other kinds are grafted, 

 requires to be treated in this way. Thus, the scion A (p. 79) is a 

 branch two years old, bearing two shoots of the current year 

 cut down to the length of an inch or so. A sloping cut (a) is 

 made in the old wood, of which a section is given at a. It is 



Ordinary Crown- Grafting. 



