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or the blade of the grafting-knife, we move it gently back- 

 wards and forwards, pressing on it moderately, until a vertical 

 cleft (D) is made about the depth of the slanting cut of the 

 scion. The skill of the grafter is displayed in not splitting 

 the stock right across. Care should be taken that the bark 

 and the first alburnum layers of the stock be divided in the 

 same line as the cleft, and with a clean cut ; if they should be 

 divided irregularly, no attempt should be made to smooth 



Insertion of the Scion in Cleft-Grafting. 



down or remove the irregularities of the fracture. "When the 

 cleft is about two-thirds completed, we take the scion (E) in 

 our other hand and insert it in the upper part of the orifice, 

 pushing it downwards as the incision opens. The implement 

 is withdrawn when the incision has proceeded so far that the 

 scion can be finally lodged in its position by a push of the 

 hand. The sloping cut (F) of the scion is so placed at G that 



