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inlaid in the groove made in the stock (M) as shown at O. 

 The operation is completed by applying the bandage and 

 grafting-wax. It may be easily understood that the nse of 

 the combined grafting-knife will save all delay and uncer- 

 tainty; and when a little dexterity is acquired in handling 

 it, the operation of inlaying can be performed with great 

 rapidity. 



Side-Grafting by Inlaying. 

 This method is not so much employed as the preceding, 

 because veneering, which resembles it very much, is far 

 easier. Branches with knees or curves may be inlaid on a 

 straight stem in the same way as a straight scion is grafted 

 on a bent stem. Thus inlaid, the scion will possess greater 

 firmness than if attached by veneering, especially if the 

 stem of the stock be so rugged as to render the adjustment 

 of the parts difficult. 



Treatment after Inlaying. 

 Should the scion be insufficiently secured on the stock, it 

 should be bandaged firmly, using a broad rather than a narrow 

 bandage, as less likely to become too tight. The immediate 

 and continuous employment of a prop or stake, to which the 

 graft is fastened, should not be neglected. Unless they are 

 specially required, the pinching of the young shoots of the 

 graft will accelerate the cohesion of the parts, as thereby a 

 smaller surface is exposed to the action of high winds. In 

 other respects, the treatment will be similar to that which 

 we have directed in the case of ordinary side-grafting. 



Group IV. — Cleft-Grafting. — General Directions. 

 This method is employed for propagating the greater part 

 of woody deciduous trees and plants. The scion is a portion 

 of a branch furnished with one eye or several. For a young 



