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leaves on the part destined to receive the scion are cnt off at 

 the stalk or in the middle ; the scion also shonld not be cnt 

 from the parent-tree more than a day before it is nsed, and its 

 leaves shonld not be removed. The scion having been cnt 

 with a straight, longitudinal section, its diameter is taken with 

 the metro-greffe, which is then applied to the stock (B), and 



the dimensions of the section of the scion are traced with it. 

 Nothing more remains to be done bnt to cnt away the part 

 between the two marks, to correspond exactly with the section 

 of the scion, so that they may fit, as at D. First remove the 

 bark, and, if that is not sufficient, cnt the first layers of the 

 alburnum (C). Instead of a metro-greffe, a grafting-knife or a 

 common priming-knife may be used. Place the scion against 



Ordinary Veneer-Grafting (Rhododendron). 



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