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the lip (C). The chances of success are increased by removing 

 a small strip of bark (I) on the side of the scion, corresponding 

 to the bark (D) of the stock, which will cover it. At J the 

 ■work is shown completed before the application of the bandage 

 and the grafting-wax. The section (B) of the stock exhibits 

 the lip or portion of bark (C), which is raised from the wood* 

 and the portion (D) which is not raised. These little altera- 

 tions, which have been suggested by reflection and practice, 

 and which are susceptible of great variation, have for their 



Improved Crown- Grafting. 



object the multiplication of points of contact in order to 

 accelerate the cohesion of the graft. Professor Du Breuil has 

 invented several of these improvements, and recommends 

 them hi his works. In the department of Isere, where graft* 

 ing the walnut is more practised than anywhere else, M. Chaix, 

 of Biviers, has for a long time used the modified method of 

 crown-grafting which we have just described. He cuts the 

 stock in a sloping direction, so that the oozing sap may 

 not obstruct the cohesion of the graft. An angular notch 

 is made in the scion, which fits on the top of the stock, and the 



