GKATirS'G AND BUDDING. 



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then placed on the stock (B), in which a simple incision (h) has 

 been made. It will be necessary to raise the bark witn She 

 spatula of the grafting-knife, or some such implement, in con- 

 sequence of the size of the scion and the want of elasticity in 

 the bark of the Gleditschia. 



Improved Croum-Grafting. 

 This method differs from the preceding in two essential 



Crown-Grafting with a Scion two years old: 



points : — 1. The stock A (p. 80) being cut obliquely (as at B), the 

 scion (F) is inserted on the top, with a tongue cut at an acute 

 angle, and which fits accurately on the slope of the stock. 

 2. An incision must be made in the stock, and the bark raised 

 with the spatula on one side only (C). The scion is then 

 slipped in, so that the fresh cut on the inside may come into 

 contact with the alburnum (E)and the bark (G) be covered by 



