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THE ART OP 



its bark may coincide with that of the stock without pro- 

 jecting or leaving much of a cavity on the inside if possible. 

 If the stock has a thick bark, we shonld slightly incline the 

 scion inwards in the cleft, so that the layers of bark and 

 alburnum of both stock and scion may inevitably find some 

 point of contact ; for the union is effected by the contact of 

 the generative layers of both parts, and not of the external 

 layers of the bark. Mastic is necessary; bandaging not so 

 much so. 



With Two Scions. 

 The stock (A), being larger, will take two scions. The 



Cleft- Grafting with two Scions. 



cut (B) is horizontal, and we split the stock right across at C. 

 In order to do this, we place the blade of the pruning-knife 

 or the grafting-chisel perpendicularly on the top of the stock, 

 and press upon it with both hands. If the wood is tough, we 

 must make use of a mallet. The scions are placed one by one 

 in the mouth, or in a vessel containing damp moss. When 

 the cleft is two-thirds completed, we withdraw the implement 

 to one side, so as to keep the incision always half-open. "We 

 place one scion at the other side, and using the implement or 

 the handle of the mallet as a lever, open the incision so as to 



