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the stock, and with the point of the knife mark out the out- 

 line of the section, and then cut away the bark and woody 

 layers. The scion is fitted to it from time to time until the 

 parts are accurately adjusted. A bandage of either woollen or 

 cotton thread, closely wound on, is indispensable. Grafting- 

 wax is not always necessary. Instead of a flat section on the 

 stock and the scion, notches or tongues may be cut, which will 

 fit into each other. This is the English method. 



Veneer Crown- Grafting. 

 The scion is not cut with a sloping or splice cut. A notch 

 at the top of the cut (B), such as is made in ordinary crown- 

 graftiug, will be useful to set the scion square on the stock (C), 

 "With the metro-greffe the diameter of the cut (B) is marked 

 out at d, d, d, d, successively, where the scions are to be 

 applied. As the double spatula has cutting edges, the bark 

 will be divided ; it is then removed, and the scions placed as 

 shown at E. The application of the bandage and wax is 

 indispensable. The bark only should be removed ; the albur- 

 num is not cut. A large tree is more easily grafted than a 

 small one, because the latter presents a rather convex sur- 

 face, and would necessitate the cutting of the alburnuni in 

 order to fit the scion in properly. With an old tree, the 

 cortical layers of which are thick, the shifting of the scion 

 under the bandage is to be apprehended. The way to remedy 

 this is by leaving the cut part of the scion rather thick, or 

 better still, by placing an intermediate substance between the 

 bark of the scion and the bandage, for instance, the strip of 

 bark which has been removed from the stock. These strips 

 of bark may be turned down without removing them, and 

 afterwards brought up on the backs of the scions before the 

 bandage is applied. The two seasons suitable for this mode 

 of grafting are March and April, when the sap begins to flow, 



