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farther remains to be done except to apply the mastic, taking 

 care not to rub off or injure the bud (a). According to the 

 manner in which the end of the scion is cut, the bud (a) may 

 be placed level with the top of the stock, as shown at C, or 

 lower down, as at C in the preceding illustration. The inci' 

 sion (B) in the stock shows that this process is equally appli- 

 cable to grafting by inlaying. By this method valuable scions 

 may be multiplied, since as many grafts may be formed as 

 there are buds. 



Oblique Cleft-Grafting. 

 Looking to its future development, a stock that is already 

 pretty strong may be furnished with more than two grafts ; 



Section of the Stock. 



but as we can place only two in one transverse cleft, we should 

 have to make other clefts across the centre, the result of 

 which would be to enfeeble the stock. To avoid this we can 

 employ a method which will leave intact the heart of the tree, 

 and at the same time allow us to augment the number of 

 the grafts. The stock having been sawn across and smoothed 

 down with the pruning-knife, we make several clefts at the 

 side (a, a, a), which, to speak geometrically, are, with reference 

 to the section of the cutting, chords in the circle, and not 

 radii or diameters. In order that the scion (L) may be 

 adapted to the incision in the stock, it must be cut obliquely, 



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